# Incident 20150113000679I: Cessna 172P, E Cardonelet, IL, January 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2015, 13:34 local time
- Place: E Cardonelet, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N62475, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62475) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150113000679I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 13, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 CST, A CESSNA 172-P, REGISTRATION NUMBER N62475 WAS FLYING BACK TO CREVE COEUR AIRPORT (1H0). AT APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN PARKS AIRPORT (KCPS) THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THIS TO ST. LOUIS TRACON, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SQUAWKED 7700 (EMERGENCY) ON THE TRANSPONDER. A TOTAL OF TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND PILOT. BOTH PILOTS INDICATED THAT SMOKE STARTED TO POUR FROM THE ENGINE AND OIL STARTED TO COVER THE WINDSCREEN. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT STATED HE RELEASED CONTROL TO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WHO COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EAST CARONDELET ILLINOIS. DURING THE DESCENT INTO THE FIELD THEY NOTED THAT THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THEY FLEW UNDER SOME POWER LINES, HOWEVER THE ROUTE OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNALTERED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MADE THE LANDING WITH NO INJURIES. THERE APPEARS TO BE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP. ON JANUARY 20, 2015 THE ENGINE COWLING WAS REMOVED IN THE PRESENCE OF THREE SAFETY INSPECTORS. THERE IS A TWO INCH DIAMETER PUNCTURE FROM WITHIN THE TOP LEFT HAND ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N62475 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110826021129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110826021129I), Aug 26, 2011: Cessna 172P (N62475), Bera, KY, Minor damage. On 08/26/2011, at approximately 1500 EDT, N62475, Cessna 172P, serial number 17275279, had a hard landing at I39. The pilot attempted a landing with full flaps…

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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