# Incident 20211231021559I: Cessna 172H, Waxhaw, NC, December 31, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2021, 13:45 local time
- Place: Waxhaw, NC
- Airport: Jaars-Townsend Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8638° N, 80.7480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAARS-TOWNSEND (N52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8638&lon=-80.7480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8815Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8815Z) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 439 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211231021559I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EQY AT 13:33 EST FOR PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A PLANNED PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT EQY-LKR-EQY WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT ONBOARD.  DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2500', AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN RPM.  PILOT DIVERTED TO AND SUFFERED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE ON APPROACH TO N52.  PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AT N52 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT 13:45 EST.  ENGTT 6096.1

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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