# Incident 20120516009539I: Cessna 172RG, Anchorage, AK, May 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2012, 12:58 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9553B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9553B-2014-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 7 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120516009539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE AT CRUISE THE ENGINE LOST POWER, THE PILOT NOTIFIED ANCHORAGE APPROACH OF THE SITUATION AND A EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE PILOT MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM LEFT TANK TO BOTH AND POWER WAS RESTORED. MERRILL FIELD CLEARED THE PILOT FOR A STRAIGHT IN TO RUNWAY 34 WHERE HE LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES.

## Other reports on N9553B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140107000049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140107000049I), Jan 7, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N9553B), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Arrived on scene at approximately 1405L on 1/7/14. We found Cessna 172RG (N9553B) in the median of boniface parkway approximately 1/3 of a mile south of the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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