# Accident 19980305006089A: Cessna 172N, Titusville, FL, March 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1998, 10:48 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5729° N, 80.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5729&lon=-80.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8342E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8342E-2001-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 130 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980305006089A

## Narrative

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

PARTIAL POWER LOSS BASE LEG. HIT WIRE TRYING FOR A ROAD. CRASHED. NOSED OVER. NO ENGINE DEFETS FOUND. (-23) ON MARCH 05, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1049 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N8342E, CE-172-N, S/N 17272190, COLLIDED WITH A UTILITY POLE GUY WIRE AN DSUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND ON THE WEST BOUND LANES OF SR405, APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE N/W OF RUNWAY 18, AT THE SPACE CENTER EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, IN TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 MIA98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA093), Mar 5, 1998: Cessna 172N (N8342E), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a forced landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the lack of suitable terrain and obstructions in the emergency landing area.

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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