19871024060519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Titusville, FL · October 24, 1987

Date
October 24, 1987 · 15:53 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Arthur Dunn Airpark
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4207F
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA019
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total18 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine lost power on a go around. Struck trees and a building on landing. Carburetor was fouled by contamination.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON A GO AROUND. STRUCK TREES AND A BUILDING ON LANDING. CARBURETOR WAS FOULED BY CONTAMINATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.