# Incident 20241203018799I: Cessna 172F, Edina, MO, December 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2024, 16:08 local time
- Place: Edina, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1680° N, 92.1730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edina, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1680&lon=-92.1730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8757U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8757U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 219 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241203018799I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 03, 2024, A CESSNA 172 LANDED IN A FIELD 3 MILES NNW OF EDINA, MO AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER

ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE ROUTE PIC NOTICED THE FUEL INDICATORS SHOWING THERE WAS A SLIGHT IMBALANCE OF FUEL WITH THE RIGHT TANK SHOWING MORE FUEL THAN THE LEFT. THE PIC SWITCHED THE SELECTOR FROM BOTH TANKS TO THE RIGHT TANK TO HELP EVEN OUT THE FUEL. APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE THE TOWN OF EDINA, MISSOURI WHEN A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED, ENGINE RPMS WENT FROM ~2450-2500 TO ~900-1000. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT POWER THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A “ZERO THRUST” CONDITION AND BEGAN TO DESCEND. PIC EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE CHECKLISTS. THE ENGINE REMAINED AT ABOUT 900-1000 RPMS AS THE PIC CONFIGURED FOR BEST GLIDE AND STARTED TO HEAD TO HIS SELECTED LANDING SPOT.  AROUND 1000AGL OR LESS THERE WAS TOTAL POWER LOSS AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED SPINNING COMPLETELY. PIC CONDUCTED SOFT FIELD LANDING WITHOUT CAUSING INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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