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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Ridge Manor, FL · October 13, 2012

Date
October 13, 2012 · 12:17 local
Place
Ridge Manor, FL
Airport
A Cattle Ranch
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1613Y
Reported as
Cessna 172C
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,597 total155 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flying at 2500' cruise at 2500 RPM engine suddenly lost power, RPM dropped to 1500, altitude could not be maintained, mag check during flight and engine quit, would not restart and aircraft continued to glide until landing in cow pasture.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING AT 2500' CRUISE AT 2500 RPM ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, RPM DROPPED TO 1500, ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED, MAG CHECK DURING FLIGHT AND ENGINE QUIT, WOULD NOT RESTART AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO GLIDE UNTIL LANDING IN COW PASTURE.