# Incident 20150911016599I: Cessna 172L, Sarasota, FL, September 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2015, 08:16 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7772G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7772G) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 204 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911016599I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO SARASOTA  AIRPORT, SRQ FROM SAINT PETERSBURG CLEARWATER AIRPORT, PIE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT 2500 FT MSL.  THE PILOT BEGAN DESCENT TO SARASOTA AIRPORT AND AFTER REACHING 800 FT MSL AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM SRQ, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SPUTTERING AND LOSING POWER.  THE PILOT TRIED TO INCREASE POWER, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON THE ROAD AND THEN COAST TO THE SHOULDER IN THE GRASS.  CARBURATOR HEAT WAS NOT USED DURING DESCENT.

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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