# Incident 20200908018189I: Cessna 172H, Alvin, TX, September 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2020, 17:20 local time
- Place: Alvin, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4248° N, 95.2244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alvin, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4248&lon=-95.2244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1784F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1784F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200908018189I

## Narrative

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

N1784F FLIGHT WITH 02 PILOTS ONBOARD ORIGINATED FROM PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LVJ), PEARLAND, TX, WITH A DESTINATION OF PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LVJ). PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS PILOT BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW.  PRACTICING STEEP TURNS PILOTS FELT A LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION.  PILOTS TERMINATED MANEUVERS AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO LVJ.  AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LOSE POWER WITH EVENTUAL COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER.  UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO LVJ, PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN AN OPEN FIELD.  INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED.  CARBURETOR REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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