# Incident 20150814014819I: Cessna 172N, Boca Raton, FL, August 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2015, 07:35 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: S9YS
- Location: 26.3708° N, 80.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boca Raton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3708&lon=-80.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5197K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5197K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150814014819I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING TRAINING EXERCISES IN A TRAINING AREA WEST OF BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. AT APPROXIMATELY 0735, INSTRUCTOR MUIA SQUAWKED 7700 AND TRANSMITTED ON 121.5 THAT HE WAS LOSING HIS ENGINE. VIBRATION WAS EXCESSIVE AT A POWER SETTING NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE SO INSTRUCTOR MUIA DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD AWAY FROM CONGESTED AREAS. LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO DAMAGE OR INJURY SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N5197K (1)

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

- [Incident 19810807061319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807061319I), Aug 7, 1981: Cessna 172N (N5197K), Pantego, NC, Minor damage. Pilot diverted due to weather. Landed on wet grass slid off end of runway.

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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