# Incident 20010327009269I: Cessna 172M, Ormond Beach, FL, March 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2001, 12:24 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20067, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20067-2011-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 320 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010327009269I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY D^ WAS TOWING A BANNER OVER THE BEACH, IN THE VICINITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL. WHILE FLYING SOUTHBOUND HE LOST APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 ENGINE RPM. HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS ALTITUDE AND TURNED NORTHBOUND WHICH WAS INTO THE WIND.  HE THEN LOST ANOTHER 400 RPM AND STARTED DESCENDING DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL. HE DISCONNECTED THE BANNER AND CLIMBED UP ABOUT A 100 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY. ENGINE RPM WAS AT ABOUT 1600 RPM WHEN IT COMPLETELY FAILED.  ^PRIVACY D^ LANDED ALONG THE BEACH IN ABOUT 2 FEET OF WATER.  HE ELECTED NOT TO LAND ON THE BEACH SAND DUE TO PEOPLE LOCATED IN THAT AREA.  FAA INSPECTION FOUND #4 PISTON ROD DETACHED FROM ENGINE CRANKCASE AND CRANKCASE CRACKED ABOVE PISTON ROD.  THE #4 ROD BEARING WAS DISTORTED AND OVERHEATED.

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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