# Incident 20130526009139I: Cessna 172F, Cocoa, FL, May 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2013, 12:36 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3766° N, 80.7633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cocoa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3766&lon=-80.7633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5505R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5505R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300-D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 170 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/20130526009139I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT FROM 2RR (RIVER RANCH) TO KTIX (SPACE COAST) APPROX 6 MILES FROM KTIX  AT 3000 FT AGL THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND LOST POWER.

WITHOUT ADEQUATE POWER TO MAKE THE AIRPORT THE BREVARD COUNTY LANDFILL WAS CHOSEN AS THE SAFEST ALTERNATIVE LANDING AREA.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A PERIMETER ROAD INSIDE THE LANDFILL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO A BROKEN ROCKER ARM ON NUMBER 3 CYLINDER.

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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