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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Fellsmere, FL · October 9, 2025

Date
October 9, 2025 · 09:00 local
Place
Fellsmere, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
9M8S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N739DB
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot states that engine speed would not exceed 2100 RPM, followed by engine cowl vibration. Pilot landed on a gravel road without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THAT ENGINE SPEED WOULD NOT EXCEED 2100 RPM, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE COWL VIBRATION. PILOT LANDED ON A GRAVEL ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Other reports on N739DB · 1

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