# Incident 20160622007279I: Cessna 172N, Floral City, FL, June 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2016, 08:45 local time
- Place: Floral City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7067° N, 82.3067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Floral City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7067&lon=-82.3067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733DN) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 12 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160622007279I

## Narrative

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

DURING SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, HE DECENDED TO 3000' AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. PILOT CONTACED ATC, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING 2.5 MILES FROM INVERNESS AIRPORT.

INSPECTION REVEALED A 3" DIAMETER HOLE IN THE ENGINE CASE BELOW THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER.

AIRCRAFT ANNUAL 03/17/2016

AC TT 6733.0

ENGINE TTSMOH 65 HOURS

## Other reports on N733DN (1)

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

- [Accident 19811218079159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811218079159A), Dec 18, 1981: Cessna 172N (N733DN), Roll, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on Private strip. Ran off end of runway into a dump truck.

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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