20050414005459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Olney, TX · April 14, 2005

Date
April 14, 2005 · 12:00 local
Place
Olney, TX
Airport
Olney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N733UV
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW05LA103
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 14, 2005, at approximately 1200 local time, pilot in command privacy data omitted operated Cessna, CE-172-N, N733UV during a pipeline patrol. At approximately 300 feet AGL near Olney, Texas, N733UV began to lose power. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ made an emergency landing in a field while trying to fly to Olney airport. N733UV'S nose gear was damaged and departed the aircraft. N733UV came to a rest inverted receiving substantial damage. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ received an injury to his nose and was taken to medical care. DPE privacy data omitted who was at the scene, witnessed the recovery of the aircraft the next day, and said that the fuel tanks contained fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LOCAL TIME, PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED CESSNA, CE-172-N, N733UV DURING A PIPELINE PATROL. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL NEAR OLNEY, TEXAS, N733UV BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD WHILE TRYING TO FLY TO OLNEY AIRPORT. N733UV'S NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. N733UV CAME TO A REST INVERTED RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ RECEIVED AN INJURY TO HIS NOSE AND WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CARE. DPE ^PRIVACY D^ WHO WAS AT THE SCENE, WITNESSED THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT THE NEXT DAY, AND SAID THAT THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED FUEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.