# Incident 20230418004399I: Cessna R172K, Owensboro, KY, April 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2023, 15:23 local time
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Airport: Owensboro-Daviess County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7388° N, 87.1668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL (OWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7388&lon=-87.1668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,620 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230418004399I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO PILOT'S STATEMENT

MAINTENANCE REPAIRS HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON AIRCRAFT, AND A GROUND RUN ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFY THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY AND DID NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER OIL LEAKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR A TEST FLIGHT. AFTER A PREFLIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED AND PROCEEDED TO THE RUNWAY FOR A NORMAL RUN-UP. TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 24 FOR TAKE-OFF. CHECKLIST RUN­UP INDICATED OIL PRESSURE CHECKS, PROP GOVENOR CYCLES, AND MAGNETO CHECKS, WERE ALL FUNCTIONAL. DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, AIRCRAFT HAD STRONG OIL PRESSURE. AT 500 AGL, THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS REDUCED TO 25 INCHES AND THE RPM TO 2500 RPM. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE ENGINE SHUTTERED TWICE FOLLOWED WITH A BLAST OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE COWLING. AIRCRAFT TURNED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND WAS TOO FAR AWAY. THE PROPELLER STOPPED DURING THE TURN. PILOT THEN SELECTED A SAFE LANDING AREA FOR THE LANDING WHICH WAS A RECENTLY SEEDED CORN FIELD. PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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