# Incident 20250508006729I: Cessna 172M, Elko, NV, May 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9666V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9666V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250508006729I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8TH, 2025 MISHAP PILOT DEPARTED KEKO IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. MISHAP PILOT NOTICED NO ABNORMALITIES UPON RUNUP OR INITIAL TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKEOFF MISHAP PILOT TURNED TOWARDS SPRING CREEK AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 8,000FT. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY WITH A MAJOR POWER LOSS AND HE BEGAN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ENGINE FAILURE. WHEN UNSUCESSFUL AT TROUBLESHOOTING THE ENGINE FAILURE MISHAP PILOT TURNED

BACK TO KEKO AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO SALT LAKE CENTER. SALT LAKE CENTER ASKED THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY AND TYPE

AIRCRAFT, HE STATED HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE, STILL HAD SOME POWER, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IT BACK TO ELKO. MISHAP PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AT IDLE WHILE THE ENGINE STAYED RUNNING AND WHEN ON FINAL INFORMED SALT LAKE CENTER THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE FIELD.ONCE THEY HAD LANDED THE MISHAP PILOT INFORMED SALT LAKE CENTER THEY HAD NO NEED FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE AND HAD SUCESSFULLY LANDED. THE AIRCRAFT

WAS ABLE TO BE TAXIED FROM THE RUNWAY TO TIEDOWNS BUT RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH

## Other reports on N9666V (1)

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

- [Accident 20210713010699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210713010699A), Jul 13, 2021: Cessna 172M (N9666V), Minden, NV, Substantial damage. During a solo flight, the student pilot intentionally landed with 10 degrees of flaps. The pilot stated that after he landed he configured the aircraft for…

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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