# Incident 19970912033839I: Cessna 172P, Gorman, CA, September 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1997, 23:50 local time
- Place: Gorman, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7961° N, 118.8526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gorman, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7961&lon=-118.8526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51455 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912033839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 09-12-97, N51455 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SOUTH OF GORMAN, CA ON THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF I5. NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED DURING LANDING HOWEVER AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD STOPPED IT WAS HIT BY A SOUTHBOUND TRACTOR TRAILER. THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE L/H WING WAS DAMAGED. AFTER THE COLLISION , N51455 WAS RESTARTED AND TAXIED (WITH POLICE ESCORT), OFF FREEWAY. 09-13-97, N51455 WAS TOWED BY MOUNTAIN TOW TO A HOLDING YARD. 09-15-97, INSPECTOR BELKNAP AND MCCRACKEN FROM VNY FSDO INSPECTED N51455. FOUND L/H FUEL TANK DRY AND R/H TANK HOLDING APPROX. 1" OF FUEL. L/H WING TIP WAS GONE AND 1 FOOT OF OUTBOARD WING DAMAGED. MR. STUART NIEMI STATED THAT CARB ICE CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY ONCE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRUCKED TO CHINO, CA FOR REPAIR AND ENGINE DIAGNOSIS. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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