# Accident 19990408003169A: Cessna 172N, Turrell, AR, April 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Turrell, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 35.3746° N, 90.2704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Turrell, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3746&lon=-90.2704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5171K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5171K) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990408003169A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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