# Incident 20251009014199I: Cessna 172N, Fellsmere, FL, October 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fellsmere, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9M8S
- Location: 27.7678° N, 80.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fellsmere, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7678&lon=-80.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739DB) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251009014199I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20180313002459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180313002459I), Mar 13, 2018: Cessna 172N (N739DB), Arcadia, FL, Minor damage. March 13 2018, 1430, on takeoff from Arcadia Florida (X06) on runway 06, aircraft encountered a bird strike on the right side of the aircraft. Pilot continued…

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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