# Incident 20251114015979I: Cessna 172N, Ponca City, OK, November 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2025, 19:45 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7210° N, 97.0684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponca City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7210&lon=-97.0684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4891J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4891J) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,205 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251114015979I

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER ON 11/15/2025 AROUND 0042 CONFIRMING THAT AN AIRCRAFT LANDED ON HIGHWAY 77 IN BETWEEN PONCA CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KPNC) AND PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F22).

ON 11/14/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:44 LOCAL TIME 13 NM NORTHEAST OF PERRY (F22) AND 9 NM SOUTHWEST OF PONCA CITY REGIONAL THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT HEARD A SINGLE LOUD "POP" SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER BUT CONTINUED TO WINDMILL. THE PILOT IDENTIFIED HIGHWAY 77 AS A LANDING LOCATION AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING TO THE SOUTH WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4891J (1)

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

- [Incident 20140522009919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140522009919I), May 22, 2014: Cessna 172N (N4891J), Stillwater, OK, Minor damage. Pilot reported he was landing at Stillwater. As he was starting to flair a group of birds flew up next to the runway. The aircraft landed on the nose wheel and…

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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