# Incident 20121125025329I: Cessna 182, Zephyrhills, FL, November 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2012, 16:10 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5795B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5795B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 2 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121125025329I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY (1610) EST, A CESSNA 182, N5795B, SERIAL NO. 33795, OWNED BY SKYDIVE CITY INC. AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WHILE UNDER INSTRUCTION BY A CFI, HAD THE ENGINE SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY FOUR (4) AT THE ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ZPH).  THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD ON THE  NORTHWEST CORNER OF CHANCEY ROAD AND STATE ROAD 39 (PAUL BUCHMAN HIGHWAY) APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 4 IN ZEPHYRHILLS FLORIDA.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA.  METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  ALL THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED.

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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