# Incident 20220505005069I: Cessna 172M, Buhler, KS, May 5, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2022, 10:20 local time
- Place: Buhler, KS
- Airport: Hutchinson Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0662° N, 97.8605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON RGNL (HUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0662&lon=-97.8605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70228, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70228) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220505005069I

## Narrative

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

N70228 CESSNA AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MCPHERSON KANSAS (KMPR) WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD AFTER MAINTENANCE (MAGNETO MAINTENANCE), ENROUTE TO EL RENO, OKLAHOMA (KRQO).  A SHORT WHILE INTO THE FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHAKE.  PILOT NOTICED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE THEN SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER.

PILOT CALLED HUT FCT APPROXIMATELY 9-10NM NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AND ADVISED THE TOWER HE WOULD BE TRANSITIONING JUST EAST OF HUT CLASS D. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER THE PILOT CALLED MAYDAY AND REPORTED GOING DOWN IN A FIELD. THE PILOT WAS GIVEN WIND AND ALTIMETER AND WAS ADVISED THAT AUTHORITIES WOULD BE NOTIFIED. 911 WAS CALLED AND GIVEN APPROXIMATE LOCATION VIA LAT/LONGS 38.07.39/097.43.39.

AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN FARM FIELD IN HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

KHUT 051452Z 36006KT 10SM BKN006 OVC021 12/11 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP124 P0001 60002 T01170111 50008

-23 REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AS MORE INFORMATION IS DISCOVERED RELATING TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MAINTENANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED.

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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