# Incident 20050511008019I: Cessna 172N, Frenchville, ME, May 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Frenchville, ME
- Airport: Northern Aroostook Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2855° N, 68.3127° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHERN AROOSTOOK RGNL (FVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2855&lon=-68.3127&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4834G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4834G-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 709 total, 600 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050511008019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PVT PILOT STUDENT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT CONDUCTING GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION. BOTH PILOTS STATE THE ENGINE QUIT ABRUPTLY. ATTEMPTED RESTART AND ENGINE RAN ROUGH WITH NO POWER. PIC LANDED AIRCRAFT ON LOGGING ROAD. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. PROPELLER DAMAGE AND WING TIP DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT TO BE DISASSEMBLED AND MOVED TO HOULTON AIRPORT (HUL) ME.

## Other reports on N4834G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20011018031899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018031899A), Oct 18, 2001: Cessna 172N (N4834G), Rchmond/Ashland, VA. (-23) The aircraft starter would not engage. A battery cart attached to the aircraft did not help. Knocking on the starter itself did not help. The line…
- [Incident 19981031043399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031043399I), Oct 31, 1998: Cessna 172N (N4834G), Saluda, VA, Minor damage. (-5) On landing at W75, the nose gear collapsed. No injuries and minor damage to the aircraft.

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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