# Incident 20161031017309I: Cessna 172R, Riverside, CA, October 31, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2016, 13:11 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 577 total, 310 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161031017309I

## Narrative

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

WHILE DEPARTING KRAL AT LEVEL FLIGHT THE AIRPLANE PRODUCED TWO LOUD THUDS AT WHICH TIME THE PIC DECIDED TO RETURN TO KRAL.  AFTER ALERTING ATC AND APPROACHING FOR LANDING; IT WAS NOTED THAT AFTER REDUCING THROTTLE THE RPM DID NOT CHANGE.  IN ORDER TO REDUCE RPM AND SPEED THE PIC PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF  AND TURNED OFF THE MAGS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS.

## Other reports on N921TA (1)

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

- [Incident 19990727025919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990727025919I), Jul 27, 1999: Cessna 172R (N921TA), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Coming in for landing on rwy 27, did go around and attempted to land on 27 on touch down aircraft ballooned pushed forward on yoke. Nose hit harder than…

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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