# Incident 20181030021229I: Cessna 172M, Mayo, FL, October 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2018, 14:55 local time
- Place: Mayo, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0512° N, 83.1769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0512&lon=-83.1769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181030021229I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 30, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:44 PM LOCAL TIME N100M EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE IN FLIGHT. PILOT MADE A MAYDAY CALL ON 121.5. ATC ATTEMPTED TO REACH N100M ON GUARD AND ATTEMPTED TO POINT THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT (PERRY-FOLEY AIRPORT 40J) WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR THE PILOT. ATC CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE PRIMARY RADAR TARGET AND ADVISED LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (TAYLOR COUNTY) OF THE AIRCRAFT POSITION. N100M LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT IN AN AGRICULTURE FIELD IN MAYO FL. A LAFAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF ADVISED AND WAS ABLE TO LOCATE AND VERIFY THAT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. THE AIRFRAME, LANDING GEAR, AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS HAD NO DAMAGE FROM LANDING.

## Other reports on N100M (1)

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

- [Incident 20050131001819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050131001819I), Jan 31, 2005: Cessna 172M (N100M), Zolfo Springs, FL. (-23) On January 31, 2005 at 12:15 local time, a Cessna 172M, registered to mccraw inc., had an engine failure made an emergency landing in a field at Zolfo…

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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