# Incident 20220112000559I: Cessna 172G, Springfield, GA, January 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, GA
- Airport: Swaids Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3926° N, 81.2778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SWAIDS FLD (2GA2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3926&lon=-81.2778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N144PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 579 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220112000559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENROUTE FROM EQY TO SAV WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD ENCOUNTERED ENGINE FAILURE AT 4500' AND DECLARED EMERGENCY.  PILOT SUCCESSFULLY GLIDED A/C WITHOUT POWER TO 2GA2 AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND MIXTURE CABLE JAM NUT WAS UNSECURED. ENGTT 7499.5.  1.7 HRS INTO INITIAL FLIGHT AFTER REINSTALLATION OF NEWLY OVERHAULED ENGINE.

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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