# Incident 20250713009939I: Cessna 172E, Knoxville, IA, July 13, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2025, 11:54 local time
- Place: Knoxville, IA
- Airport: Knoxville Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2991° N, 93.1137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE MUNI (OXV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2991&lon=-93.1137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3779S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3779S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250713009939I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2025, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 172  DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE RETURNING TO KNOXVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OXV) AFTER PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AND FLYING AROUND LAKE RED ROCK, IOWA.DURING THE CRUSE AT 2,500 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT-MAINTAINED AIR SPEED, UNABLE TO GLIDE TO THE NEAREST AIRFIELD, AND WAS FORCED TO LAND SAFELY IN A BEAN FIELD 4 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH/NORTHWEST OF OXV. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DAMAGE, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED TO THE AIRPORT.

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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