19990408003169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Turrell, AR · April 8, 1999

Date
April 8, 1999 · 15:45 local
Place
Turrell, AR
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5171K
Reported as
Cessna 172N

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft engine began to sputter while the pilot was practicing low altitude ground maneuvers, the pilot landed the acft on a road, and the nose gear sunk into soft ground, the acft went up onto its nose and came down on the left wing tip. (-23)at around 1545 LCL on 4/7/99, privacy data omitted was conducting flight instruction in ground reference maneuvers with student privacy data omitted near the Turrell airstrip, Turrell, AR. While in a maneuver, the engine experienced a partial power loss. privacy data omitted Elected to execute an emrgency landing. He was unable to land on the Turrell airstrip because two crop dusters were parked on the runway. He chose to land on a road parallel to the airstrip. The aircraft touched down hard, and bounced into a field next to the road, damaging the propeller and the left wing. There were no injuries. It was observed int he field that the rocker fulcrum retaining stud for the #1 cylinder intake valve had backed out of the cyclinder head.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER WHILE THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LOW ALTITUDE GROUND MANEUVERS, THE PILOT LANDED THE ACFT ON A ROAD, AND THE NOSE GEAR SUNK INTO SOFT GROUND, THE ACFT WENT UP ONTO ITS NOSE AND CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT WING TIP. (-23)AT AROUND 1545 LCL ON 4/7/99, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS WITH STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ NEAR THE TURRELL AIRSTRIP, TURRELL, AR. WHILE IN A MANEUVER, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. ^PRIVACY DATA^ ELECTED TO EXECUTE AN EMRGENCY LANDING. HE WAS UNABLE TO LAND ON THE TURRELL AIRSTRIP BECAUSE TWO CROP DUSTERS WERE PARKED ON THE RUNWAY. HE CHOSE TO LAND ON A ROAD PARALLEL TO THE AIRSTRIP. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, AND BOUNCED INTO A FIELD NEXT TO THE ROAD, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND THE LEFT WING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS OBSERVED INT HE FIELD THAT THE ROCKER FULCRUM RETAINING STUD FOR THE #1 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE HAD BACKED OUT OF THE CYCLINDER HEAD.