# Accident 20020717038589A: Cessna 172S, Edenton, NC, July 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2002, 15:25 local time
- Place: Edenton, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2564° N, 76.6172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2564&lon=-76.6172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N928CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N928CP-2002-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 557 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02GA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02GA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020717038589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/17/02 AT ABOUT 1525 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N928CP A CESSNA 172S REGISTERED TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, WAS CONDUCTING A COUNTER DRUG MISSION FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE CHOWAN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT. WHEN IT CRASHED IN A FIELD, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND A PRIVATE-RATED PILOT, A COMMERCIALLY RATED COPILOT, AND AN OBSERVER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ELIZABETH CITY AIRPORT (ECG) AT 0930 AND FLEW TO NORTHEASTERN REGIONAL AIRPORT, EDENTON, NC (EDE) WHERE THE CREW WOULD BEGIN THEIR MISSION. THE AIRCRAFT FLEW AROUND THE LOCAL AREA FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS BEFORE IT RETURNED TO THE EDE AIRPORT AT 1205 FOR A FUEL TOP OFF OF 15 GALLONS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO THE AIR AT ABOUT 1300 TO FINISH ITS MISSION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS 2.5 HOURS INTO THE REMAINDER OF ITS MISSION WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES FROM THE EDE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX 150 FEET AGL, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER, THE WITNESSES FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT INTO THE TERRAIN.

## 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 MIA02GA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02GA137), Jul 17, 2002: Cessna 172S (N928CP), Tyner, NC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.

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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