# Incident 20221226019519I: Cessna 172F, Lampasas, TX, December 26, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2022, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lampasas, TX
- Airport: Lampasas
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1062° N, 98.1959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAMPASAS (LZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1062&lon=-98.1959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8354U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8354U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 379 total, 379 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226019519I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH TO LZZ RUNWAY 34 UNDER VFR CONDITIONS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A SLOW WIND FROM THE NORTH EAST AND TEMPERATURE AT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH. PILOT PERFORMED FORWARD SLIP WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON INPUT AND BEGAN LOSING ALTITUDE. A SHORT TIME INTO SLIP THE ENGINE RPM REDUCED TO 700 RPM. PILOT IMMEDIATELY REMOVED AIRCRAFT FROM FORWARD SLIP AND ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER. ENGINE POWER NEVER EXCEEDED 700 RPM AFTER INITIAL LOSS. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT WAS GLIDING TOWARDS RUNWAY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN GRASS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ONCE ON GROUND PILOT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT AND REVIEWED COCKPIT. UPON INSPECTION, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH WAS IN LEFT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN BOTH. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT SUSPECTED THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH NOT BEING IN BOTH AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT RESTARTED AND ENGINE PERFORMED TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE PILOT THEN TAXIED AIRCRAFT BACK TO HANGAR UNDER ITS OWN POWER. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED.

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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