# Incident 20040116010769I: Cessna 172P, Ormond Beach, FL, January 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2004, 11:18 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53107, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040116010769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS ON BASE TO FINAL FOR RUNWAY 35 AT ORMOND BEACH MUNI AIRPORT AT ABOUT 400' AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM. HE HEARD A LOUD BANG (BACK-FIRE) FROM ENGINE AND THEN ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE. HE ELECTED TO LAND IN FIELD JUST SHORT OF AIRPORT. AFTER ABOUT A 250 TO 275 YARD GROUND ROLL ON DRY GRASS THE AIRPLANE CROSSED A TWO LANE ROAD AND STRUCK A HIGHWAY SIGNAL POLE, DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. ABOUT 1 YARD OUT FROM THE WING-STRUT THE LEADING EDGE WAS PUSHED IN OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 2' WITH MAX INDENT OF ABOUT 2" AT A RIB. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE NOTED ON SITE: THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE HAD ALREADY BEEN RUN BY PILOT (OBSERVED BY POLICE OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA^ AUTHORIZED BY FAA INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY^) WHEN FAA INSPECTOR ARRIVED; FUEL COULD NOT BE DRAINED FROM LEFT TANK WHEN INSPECTOR ARRIVED 4 HRS AFTER LANDING; TANK SELECTOR ON BOTH WHEN INSPECTOR ARRIVED; FUEL WOULD DRAIN RIGHT TANK; LEFT FUEL GAGE INDICATED EMPTY AND THE RIGHT INDICATED LESS THAN 1/4.

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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