# Incident 20130807016639I: Cessna 172L, Mcallen, TX, August 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2013, 08:12 local time
- Place: Mcallen, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9827G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9827G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 545 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130807016639I

## Narrative

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

N9827G DEPARTED STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SSF) AT 07:20, VFR DIRECT TO MCALLEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MFE) WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.  AT APPROXIMATELY 08:12, WHEN 6 MILES NORTH OF MFE, AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER.  PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRFIELD LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJUIES.

## Other reports on N9827G (1)

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

- [Incident 20210215002369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210215002369I), Feb 15, 2021: Cessna 172L (N9827G), Riverside, CA, No damage. At approximately 13:25 PST (2125Z), [privacy data omitted], a student pilot, was practicing landings in his Cessna 172L aircraft, N9827G, at Riverside…

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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