# Accident 19961013032169A: Cessna 172F, Flemingsburg, KY, October 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1996, 14:50 local time
- Place: Flemingsburg, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6501° N, 83.9602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-83.9602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8299U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8299U-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961013032169A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST OIL PRESSURE, TRIED TO MAKE ALTERNATE AIRPORT, LANDED ON HIGHWAY. (-23) ON OCT 13, 1996, AT 1450EST, A CESSNA 172, N8299U, REGISTERED TO JAMES MINEER, LOST ENGINE POWER AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR GERMAN TOWN, KY, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT COVINGTON, KY ON OCT. 13, 1996 AT 1430EST. AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF GASOLINE IN THE FUEL TANKS.  THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF RPM'S AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING TO ZERO.  CONTINENTAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPANY IS IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE POWER LOSS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD97LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA008), Oct 13, 1996: Cessna 172 (N8299U), Germantown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper maintenance with the installation of an improper oil ring on the number four piston, which led to failure of both the ring and pistion, oil starvation, and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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