# Accident 20000621010669A: Cessna 172N, Santa Ana, CA, June 21, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 21, 2000, 18:28 local time - Place: Santa Ana, CA - Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.7090° N, 117.8696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7090&lon=-117.8696&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7598D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7598D-2001-12-10) (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 O320* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 450 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA260) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621010669A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON JUNE 21, 2000, AT APPROX. 6:30 PM PDT, CFI BRIAN MOORE AND STUDENT PILOT MARIS ENSING DEPARTED JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT. AT APPROX. 350 FEET THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 800 RPM. BRIAN MOORE TOOK CONTROL OF THE A/C AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO LAND ON RUNWAY ONE RIGHT. THE TOWER DENIED THE REQUEST, DUE TO DEPARTING TRAFFIC. BRIAN MOORE OPTED TO LAND THE A/C IN THE GRASS COVERED DITCH BETWEEN THE TWO RUNWAYS. ON LANDING, THE RIGHT GEAR AND WINGTIP IMPACTED FIRST AND THE A/C BOUNCED UP. THE A/C CONTACTED THE GROUND FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE NOE TIRE DEFLATED AND THE STRUT SHEARED OFF AT THE UNION POINT OF THE YOKE CAUSING A PROP STRIKE WITH THE GROUND.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DAMAGE TO THE A/C; FIREWALL DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE, RIGHT WINGTIP CAP DESTROYED, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND GEAR WELL STRUCTURE DAMAGED. (.4) ON JUNE 21, 2000 AT 1828 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N7598D LANDED HARD DURING AN EMERGENCY RETURN TO RUNWAY 19L FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN THE TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB AT THE SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY SUNRISE AVIATION, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE LOCAL AREA INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING FLOWN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA ANA MOMENTS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT THIS PARTICULAR FLIGHT WAS GOING TO BE THE STUDENT PILOT'S SECOND SOLO FLIGHT. HE STATED HE PLANNED TO DO THREE FULL STOP LANDINGS WITH THE STUDENT PRIOR TO HAVING HIM PRACTICE THE SOLO LANDINGS. THE PILOT SAID THEY CHECKED THE FUEL AND DRAINED IT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT AND THAT IT LOOKED "OK," AND THAT THE ENGINE RUN-UP WAS SATISFACTORY. ABOUT 300 FEET AGL IN THE TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND THAT THE RPM'S HAD DROPPED TO ABOUT 1,700. HE DECLARED A "MAYDAY" AND TOLD THE TOWER THEY HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND WERE CIRCLING BACK TO RUNWAY ONE RIGHT. HE INITIATED A RIGHT TURN TO THE RUNWAY AND THE CONTROL TOWER RESPONDED TO THE RADIO CALL "UNABLE DUE TO DEPARTING TRAFFIC." THE CFI SAID THAT MOMENTS AFTER THIS THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED COMPLETELY AND HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE TURN, AND DETERMINED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. HE SAID HE SET THE AIRPLANE DOWN ON A GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE TWO RUNWAYS. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR, THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR, WHICH COLLAPSED. THE SAFETY BOARD WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT ON JULY 11, 2000. IN HIS REPORT OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT STATED, "THE ENGINE INGESTED THE NO. 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE." ## 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 LAX00LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA260), Jun 22, 2000: Cessna 172N (N7598D), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during the initial takeoff climb, at too low an altitude to afford remedial action, because of an ingested valve, and the airplane's subsequent collision with the ground… ## Other reports on N7598D (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19840101002639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840101002639I), Jan 1, 1984: Cessna 172N (N7598D), Yucca Valley, CA, Minor damage. Veered off runway on rollout. Cross wind landing. Stopped in a shallow ditch. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.