# Incident 20200722011289I: Cessna 172L, Birmingham, AL, July 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2020, 16:45 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5639° N, 86.7523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL (BHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-86.7523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7020Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7020Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,515 total, 280 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200722011289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (FAY) ENROUTE TO LUFKIN, TX (LFK) WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP IN BIRMINGHAM, AL (BHM).  PILOTED STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH INTO (BHM), THE AIRPLANE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT A SPUTTER. PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART AIRPLANE SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS; PILOT STATED THAT HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH TOWER AND MADE DECISION TO LAND ON A RIDGE JUST SOUTHEAST OF RUNWAY (24) OFF OF THE AIRPORT.

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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