# Incident 20220107000019I: Cessna 172M, Pilot Station, AK, January 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2022, 14:06 local time
- Place: Pilot Station, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T72A
- Location: 61.9466° N, 162.8783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pilot Station, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9466&lon=-162.8783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9626H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9626H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220107000019I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/7/2022 EARLY AFTERNOON A CESSNA 172 MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF PILOT STATION.  THE PIC STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ROUGHNESS AND A LOSS OF POWER AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  THE PIC MADE A PRECAUTINARY LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE.  THE PIC AND TWO PASSENGERS DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND WERE LATER PICKED UP BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER DISPATCHED MECHANICS TO THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER AN INSPECTION, THE #4 PISTON REQUIRED REPLACEMENT DUE TO A RINGLAND FAILURE.

## Other reports on N9626H (1)

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

- [Incident 20190416015099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190416015099I), Apr 16, 2019: Cessna 172M (N9626H), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was returning to Bethel Alaska on a 135 commuter return flight. He was assigned runway 01L by ATC and cleared for landing. ASOS weather data showed a…

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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