# Incident 19960327005289I: Cessna 172, Mcgrath, AK, March 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7137T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7137T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960327005289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS INVESTIGATION WAS DOWNGRADED FROM AN ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT BY GEORGE KOBELNYK OF NTSB. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON A SHALLOW CLIMB OUT FROM MCGRATH, AT ABOUT 5000' ALTITUDE HE NOTICED A DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE AND A RISE IN OIL TEMPERATURE. HE TURNED THE PLANE AROUND TO RETURN TO MCGRATH. HE STATED THAT DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT, THE ENGINE QUIT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. ON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE SNOW AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK. DURING THE INCIDENT, HE WAS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ANOTHER AIRPLANE WHO WAS FLYING BESIDE HIM WHO HAD WITNESSED THE INCIDENT. A & P MECHANIC FOUND #2 CYLINDER PISTON BURNT. ACCORDING TO NTSB, AN AFFIDAVIT BY AN A & P INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7137T (3)

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

- [Accident 20210716010789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210716010789A), Jul 16, 2021: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. On 16 July 2021 at about 1230 AKDT, the pilot of N7137T, a Cessna 172 incurred substantial damage during Takeoff from gravel bar on mile 8 or 9 of the yentna…
- [Incident 20120525011179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120525011179I), May 25, 2012: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. On the evening of may 25 pilot went for a pleasure flight with 1 passenger. Opened a flight plan with Dillingham flight service. While flying pilot decided to…
- [Accident 19941225044029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941225044029A), Dec 25, 1994: Cessna 172 (N7137T), Unalakleet, AK, Substantial damage. Struck snowbank on taxi for takeoff. Nosed down. 25KNOT crosswind blew plane into large crate. Crosswind excessive.

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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