# Incident 20220917015839I: Cessna 172D, Front Royal, VA, September 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2022, 10:44 local time
- Place: Front Royal, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9250° N, 78.1834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Front Royal, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9250&lon=-78.1834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2671U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2671U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,412 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220917015839I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1044 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 172D, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON INTERSTATE 66 WEST.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS OVER THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY NORTH OF FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT (KFRR) IN STARIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT FELT LIKE WAKE TURBULANCE, BUT VERY SOFT. THE PLANE ABRUPTLY DROPPED 50 FEET AND HAD AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT IMMEDIATLEY WENT TO GLIDE SPEED, FOUND A PLACE TO LAND AND BEGAN TO TROUBLESHOOT. HE RADIOED WINCHESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (KOKV), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON INTERSTATE 66 WEST. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENDER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.   AT THAT TIME THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE AND FAA WERE NOTIFIED.

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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