# Incident 20251217020309I: Cessna 172K, Midway, AR, December 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2025, 09:30 local time
- Place: Midway, AR
- Airport: Baxter County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2499° N, 92.9734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midway, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2499&lon=-92.9734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79412, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251217020309I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 23 AT KBPK (MIDWAY, AR), THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED MISFIRING AND LOSING POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY A MILE NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT, IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N79412 (1)

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

- [Accident 19821128062479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821128062479A), Nov 28, 1982: Cessna 172K (N79412), Lowell, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted downwind landing, during go-around aircraft tail struck treetops at departure end of runway.

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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