# Incident 20050129001149I: Cessna 172H, Madera, CA, January 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Airport: Madera Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9886° N, 120.1124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADERA MUNI (MAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9886&lon=-120.1124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8157L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050129001149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FINAL APPROACH TO THE MADERA MUNI AIRPORT (MAE), THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 30 APPROXIMATELY 215 FEET IN THE DIRT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY CAME TO REST. THE PILOT-IN-CHARGE (PIC) REPORTED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED OPERATING WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH WITH AN AIRSPEED OF 70 KNOTS AND AN ALTITUDE OF 600 FEET AND CARBURETOR HEAT ON. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT'S LOWER NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS TORN-OFF (NO DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL) AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE FOUND ON THE LEFT WING TIP DUE TO IT CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT'F FUEL SYSTEM WAS INVESTIGATED FOR ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. ALSO, THE CARBURETOR HEAT (AIR BOX) CONTROL VALVE WAS CHECKED ALONG WITH THE ENGINE'S TIMING PRIOR TO OPERATION AND BOTH WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL AIRWORTHINESS ITEMS FOUND THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE TO COMPLY WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION OF INSPECTING THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS FOR SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE PRIOR TO RETURNING THE ENGINE BACK TO SERVICE IS PENDING.

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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