20231208019929I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Cape Charles, VA · December 8, 2023

Date
December 8, 2023 · 11:05 local
Place
Cape Charles, VA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9432D
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,022 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was in cruse flight and started to run very rough. Aircraft was over the ocean and pilot decided to land on the barrier island.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUSE FLIGHT AND STARTED TO RUN VERY ROUGH. AIRCRAFT WAS OVER THE OCEAN AND PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON THE BARRIER ISLAND.