# Accident 19990616030659A: Cessna 172L, Millinocket, ME, June 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1999, 15:15 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Millinocket Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6478° N, 68.6856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINOCKET MUNI (MLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6478&lon=-68.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7897G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7897G-2000-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990616030659A

## Narrative

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

.4) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO 400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING TO A GRASS FIELD LOCATED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF A PERPENDICULAR RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A WOODED AREA.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WITH THE AIRPLANE.  AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS OBSERVED IN BOTH WING TANKS.  ALL FUEL AND OIL FILTERS WERE INTACT AND NO CONTAMINANTS WERE OBSERVED.  THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED, AND THEIR ELECTRODES WERE INTACT AND LIGHT GRAY IN COLOR.  THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS WERE TESTED, BY ROTATING THE ENGINE, AND PRODUCED SPARK ON ALL LEADS.  THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE WAS THEN PREPARED FOR A TEST RUN, AND STARTED.  THE ENGINE RAN FOR ABOUT 7 MINUTES, THEN WAS SHUT DOWN.                                        (-23) PILOT STATED: "I DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 29 AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 400-500 FT. WHEN AT THE INTERSECTION, ENGINE POWER WAS LOST.  RATHER THAN TURN DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 16, I ELECTED TO AVOID DWELLINGS AND SLIPPED DOWN TO THE REMAINING PORTION OF RUNWAY 34 INTO THE WIND AND WAS FORCED UP ON THE SAFETY ST RIP AND INTO THE WOODS."

## 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 NYC99LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA149), Jun 16, 1999: Cessna 172L (N7897G), Millinocket, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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