# Incident 20250412003399I: Cessna 172N, Longmont, CO, April 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2025, 10:13 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1682° N, 105.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longmont, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1682&lon=-105.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75839, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75839) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250412003399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS OPERATING AT LOW POWER SETTING WITH CARB HEAT APPLIED WHEN FULL POWER WAS SELECTED ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND AN OFF FIELD LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER INSPECTING THE ENGINE, THE AIRTAKE FILTER WAS FOUND OBSTRUCTING THE AIR INTAKE.

## Other reports on N75839 (3)

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

- [Incident 20180329010399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180329010399I), Mar 29, 2018: Cessna 172N (N75839), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On March 29, 2018 at 1330 MDT, N75839 a Cessna 172N experienced a right flap malfunction which caused the right aileron to jam during flight instruction. The…
- [Accident 19960426047499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426047499A), Apr 26, 1996: Cessna 172N (N75839), Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. (-16) A student on supervised solo lost control on landing rwy 11L and exited runway. Aircraft nose gear broke off damaging firewall and forward belly.…
- [Incident 19900922059489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922059489I), Sep 22, 1990: Cessna 172N (N75839), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Student made hard landing. Did not notify anyone. Later aircraft had alternator failure attributed to landing.

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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