20181222022009I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Talladega, AL · December 22, 2018

Date
December 22, 2018 · 10:21 local
Place
Talladega, AL
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8466X
Reported as
Cessna 172C
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 12/22/2018 the pilot flew N8466X for a demonstration flight. Shortly after takeoff from Talladega airport (asn) the engine lost power and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on interstate I-20 in Talladega, Alabama.

As the FAA filed it

ON 12/22/2018 THE PILOT FLEW N8466X FOR A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TALLADEGA AIRPORT (ASN) THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON INTERSTATE I-20 IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA.