# Incident 20160724011479I: Cessna 172N, Afton, IA, July 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2016, 21:30 local time
- Place: Afton, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0276° N, 94.1953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Afton, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0276&lon=-94.1953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9492E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9492E-2022-12-03) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 230 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160724011479I

## Narrative

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

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016 AT 2130 ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM BARABOO, WISCONSIN (KDLL) TO CRESTON, IOWA (KCSQ) PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS ENGINE SPUTTERED THEN QUIT. PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON CREAMERY ROAD, THREE MILES NORTH OF AFTON, IOWA. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH ROAD SIGNS, WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND AILERONS. NO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N9492E (1)

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

- [Accident 20090521006839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521006839A), May 21, 2009: Cessna 172N (N9492E), Tunkhannock, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed wilkes barre Wyoming valley airport (wbw) enroute t Skyhaven Airport (76N) located in tunkhawnock, PA. Pilot landed on runway 1 at…

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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