# Incident 20230708006679I: Cessna 172N, Watkins, CO, July 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2023, 12:49 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FTGS
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739BE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739BE) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230708006679I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8TH 2023 A CFI AND A STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FROM KFCO. UPON A TOUCH AND GO  AT 100FT AGL THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED BE OPERATING ROUGHLY AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE FLIGHT AND NOTIFIED THE KFCO TOWER OF THE FULL POWER LOSS AND HAD TO LAND IN A FIELD NORTH OF E COLFAX AVE. AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FLIGHT SCHOOL HANAGR AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS BEGAN TO TROUBLESHOOT. TECHNICIANS FOUND A BENT EXHAUST PUSH ROD AND A RETAINING STUD SHEARED. AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WAS INSPECTED BY ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND LOGBOOK ENTRIES WERE REVIEWED. POWER LOSS OCCURRED DUE TO PUSH ROD FAILURE AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE AND SERVICE BULLETIN. ALL DAMAGED PARTS ON THE O-320 WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N739BE (1)

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

- [Incident 20210429006189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210429006189I), Apr 29, 2021: Cessna 172N (N739BE), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Received occurrence 659604. An (approx) 8X6 inch section of the aircraft's upper left windscreen dislodged from the aircraft at cruise flight.

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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