# Incident 20180618024239I: Cessna 172C, Ararat, VA, June 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2018, 13:59 local time
- Place: Ararat, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5990° N, 80.5106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ararat, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5990&lon=-80.5106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8492X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8492X-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180618024239I

## Narrative

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

ARARAT, VA: N8492X, C172, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE.

AIRCRAFT LEFT JOHNSON CITY, TN ENROUTE TO SOUTH BOSTON, VA FOR RADIO WORK.  ENGINE STARTED MISSING IN CRUISE FLIGHT ABOUT HALFWAY TO SOUTH BOSTON, VA. PILOT DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A CORN FIELD.

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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