# Incident 20230520005959I: Cessna 172N, Mount Horeb, WI, May 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2023, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mount Horeb, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0059° N, 89.7317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Horeb, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0059&lon=-89.7317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739ZZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230520005959I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2023 AT 1330 CST, A CESSNA 172 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD NEAR MOUNT HOREB, WI. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE PILOT AND SAFTEY PILOT ON THIS FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N739ZZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19780527040969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527040969I), May 27, 1978: Cessna 172 (N739ZZ), Posey, IL, Minor damage. Pilot flying low struck power lines.

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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