# Incident 20250416004319I: Cessna 172C, Reynoldsburg, OH, April 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2025, 13:58 local time
- Place: Reynoldsburg, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9608° N, 82.7893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reynoldsburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9608&lon=-82.7893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8254X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8254X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250416004319I

## Narrative

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

1758Z AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING OUT OF 075. ATC ADVISED AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN AT OR ABOVE 055.AIRCRAFT ADVISED ATC REPORTED THEY HAD LOST ENGINE POWER AND NEEDED TO DIVERT. ATC ADVISED AIRCRAFT OF BOTH LCK AND CMH. AIRCRAFT STATED THEY WOULD LIKE CMH ATC TOLD AIRCRAFT TO MAKE STRAIGHT IN FOR RWY 28L. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AND WAS LOOKING FOR A FIELD TO LAND IN. AIRCRAFT ADVISED THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO LAND IN A FIELD APPROX. 7 MILES SE OF CMH. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.

FUEL ON BOARD WAS 8 GALLONS AND NOT CONTAMINATED. PILOT STATED AFTER DEPARTING LEBANON, TN (M54) WITH FULL FUEL, ABOUT HALFWAY INTO TRIP TO AKRON, OH HE NOTICED A FUEL IMBALANCE LEFT TANK LOWER THAN RIGHT. HE SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. HE ATTEMPTED RESTART PROCEDURE, NOTHING SEEMED TO HELP, HE THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC KNOWING HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO CMH HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A FIELD THAT WAS AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES. THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

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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