# Incident 20250321005099I: Cessna 172S, Sanderson, FL, March 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2025, 15:15 local time
- Place: Sanderson, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2522° N, 82.2729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanderson, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2522&lon=-82.2729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5253X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5253X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 768 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250321005099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND STUDENT STATED THEY LEFT KISM WITH 50 GALLONS OF FUEL ENROUTE TO KEZM AT 6,500MSL. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THEY THEN ADJUSTED THE MIXTURE AND LOST ALL POWER. THEY SQUAWKED 7700 AND ATC VECTORED THEM TO A GRASS FIELD.  THEY COULD NOT REACH THE FIELD AND ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD. NO DAMAGE. THEY PUSHED AC THE OFF ROAD. PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO PREVIOUS ENGINE ISSUES.

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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