# Incident 20200208001999I: Cessna 172RG, Little Rock, AR, February 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2020, 19:45 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Bill And Hillary Clinton Natio
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7294° N, 92.2248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD (LIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7294&lon=-92.2248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9572B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9572B-2025-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200208001999I

## Narrative

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

ON 8 FEB 2020 A CESSNA 172RG SERIAL NUMBER 172RG0889 REGISTERED TO CENTRAL FLYING SERVICE WITH ONE (1) SOUL ABOARD TOOK OFF FROM (KCXW) CANTRELL FIELD CONWAY ARKANSAS. DURING THE CLIMB OUT FROM KCXW A LOUD, AUDIBLE POP WAS HEARD OVER THE AIRMAN?S NOISE CANCELLING HEADSET AND A JOLT WA FELT IN THE YOKE. AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET MSL THE AIRMAN THOROUGHLY CHECKED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS THROUGH THE YOKE AND PEDALS REVEALING NO INTERFERENCE'S.

LEVELING OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET MSL THE AIRMAN EXPERIENCED THAT PITCH CONTROL ON THE YOKE WAS MET WITH AND ABNORMALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE AIRMAN NOTIFIED ATC AND INFORMED THAT A PAN PAN SITUATION WAS DEVELOPING.

THE AIRMAN WAS CLEARED AND MADE A UNEVENTFUL LANDING, WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR HARM TO THE AIRMAN.

## Other reports on N9572B (2)

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

- [Incident 20240412005909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240412005909I), Apr 12, 2024: Cessna 172RG (N9572B), Stuttgart, AR, Minor damage. On 04/12/2024 at approximately 11:00 CST, a student and CFI were conducting initial CFI training in Stuttgart, AR (ksgt) in a Cessna 172RG. After a RNAV…
- [Incident 20050711013149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050711013149I), Jul 11, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N9572B), Carlisle, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On July 11, 2005, at 20:45 CDT, a Cessna CE-172RG, N9572B, landed at the Carlisle Municipal Airport (4M3), Carlisle, Arkansas, without having extended…

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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