# Accident 19970706017059A: Cessna 172P, Wildwood, NJ, July 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1997, 19:30 local time
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97011, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97011-1997-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 115 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970706017059A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY, WHEN RPMS DROPPED OFF. LANDED SHORT IN A NEARBY BODY OF WATER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (.4) AFTER A 1 HOUR CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE PILOT SET THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES, THE CARBURETOR HEAT ON, AND NOTICED HE WAS 'SLIGHTLY LOW FOR LANDING.'  HE THEN INCREASED THE THROTTLE, BUT THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN POWER.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AT THIS POINT HE CHECKED THAT THE PRIMER WAS IN AND THE MIXTURE WAS FULL RICH.  THE PILOT ADDED THAT HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, SO HE STARTED TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE LANDING AREA.  THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK A TREE, AND CAME TO REST IN A POND.  FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE WING TANKS, AND A POST ACCIDENT RUN OF THE ENGINE WAS SATISFACTORY.  A CARBURETOR ICING CHART REVEALED THE CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE ICING FOR CRUISE POWER, AND SERIOUS ICING FOR GLIDE POWER.

## 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 NYC97LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA136), Jul 6, 1997: Cessna 172P (N97011), Wildwood, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate use of carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor icing.

## Other reports on N97011 (1)

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

- [Incident 19931216051049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931216051049I), Dec 16, 1993: Cessna 172P (N97011), Caldwell, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot struck a deer on takeoff roll. Aborted. Taxied back to ramp.

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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