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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Key West, FL · August 24, 2021

Date
August 24, 2021 · 15:00 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N172LN
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-D2J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Two pilots rented N172LN from privacy data omitted to build flight time. N172LN, Cessna CE-172, immediately after departing runway 9 the pilot reported he needed to land. The aircraft was cleared to land runway 9 and was observed trailing smoke. Aircraft landed without incident and taxied to the ramp. An inspection revealed the engine had failed and oil was visible along the side of the fuselage. Cessna CE-172P, N172LN is privacy data omitted and operated by non-certificated flight schoolprivacy data omitted. No injuries to both pilots and no damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

TWO PILOTS RENTED N172LN FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BUILD FLIGHT TIME. N172LN, CESSNA CE-172, IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 9 THE PILOT REPORTED HE NEEDED TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 9 AND WAS OBSERVED TRAILING SMOKE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED AND OIL WAS VISIBLE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. CESSNA CE-172P, N172LN IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY NON-CERTIFICATED FLIGHT SCHOOL^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NO INJURIES TO BOTH PILOTS AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.