# Incident 20230422003489I: Cessna R172K, Tyrone, OK, April 22, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2023, 14:15 local time
- Place: Tyrone, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9557° N, 101.0680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyrone, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9557&lon=-101.0680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9681V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9681V) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230422003489I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 22, 2023, AT 1415 CDT, A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE A PRECAUTIONALY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD 6 MILE WEST OF KLBL, TYRONE, OK, AFTER THE PILOT EXPERIENCED THE VIBRATION AND SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO PASSENGERS ON-BOARD. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN DODGE CITY, KS ON APRIL 22, 2023 AT 1330 CDT.

## Other reports on N9681V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230416016419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230416016419I), Apr 16, 2023: Cessna R172K (N9681V), Tyrone, OK, No damage. While flying from dodge city Kansas (kddc), heading toward albequerque (kaeg) at approximately 1328, at 4500 MSL, the pilot observed loos of oil pressure. He…
- [Incident 20230416004369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230416004369I), Apr 16, 2023: Cessna R172K (N9681V), Bucklin, KS, No damage. Enroute from albequerque (kaeg) to manhattan KS (kmhk), the pilot wished to obtain fuel at sublette, KS (K19S). Then heading to pratt, KS (kptt) for fuel, he…

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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