# Incident 20240901012489I: Cessna 172N, Webster, FL, September 1, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2024, 10:20 local time
- Place: Webster, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6140° N, 82.0450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Webster, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6140&lon=-82.0450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1356F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1356F) (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 0-360-A4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240901012489I

## Narrative

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

09/01/2024. PILOT PERFORMED PREFLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT; SUMPED TANKS, NO CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND.  COMPLETED PREFLIGHT, PLANE AIRWORTHY FOR FLIGHT. FLIGHT- XCOUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT FROM KORL-KBKV-KORL. ON DESCENT TOWARDS KBKV, APPROX. 20 NM NORTHEAST OF KBKV, ENGINE SPUTTERED AND PILOT LOST ENGINE POWER.  EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS INITIATED, AND PILOT CONFIRMED THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN BOTH TANK AND ENGINE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH.  POWER WAS NOT REESTABLISHED, AND PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH TPA TOWER ADVISED OF AN ENGINE FAILURE.  PERFORMED A SOFT/SHORT FIELD LANDING IN A NEARBY OPEN GRASS FIELD.  PLANE WAS UNDAMAGED, PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE UNINJURED.  AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED.  WHEN MECHANICS ARRIVED TO DO AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT, FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WAS FOUND.

## Other reports on N1356F (2)

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

- [Incident 19970726025109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726025109I), Jul 26, 1997: Cessna 172N (N1356F), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. Landed downwind. Tried go around but overboosted engine failed respond. Overran runway. Prop strike. Taxied to ramp
- [Incident 19910703029409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910703029409I), Jul 3, 1991: Cessna 172N (N1356F), Mcminnville, TN, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit. Engine failed. Forced landing in field. Oil dip stick had not been replaced.

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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