# Accident 20050817018389A: Cessna 172N, Cedar City, UT, August 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7017° N, 113.0983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7017&lon=-113.0983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9892J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9892J-2007-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 141 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817018389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/17/05 AT 1315 A CE-172-N, N9892J, S/N 17273952, CRASHED IN CEDAR CITY, UT (CDC) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, AFTER TAKE-OFF, BACK ON THE RUNWAY OF DEPARTURE AFTER THE ENGINE SUFFERED A POWER LOSS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CEDAR CITY FOR PROVO, UT (PVU), THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED TO GIVE THE PILOT INSTRUMENT TRAINING TIME. PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT, AFTER TAKE-OFF AND IN ESTABLISHED CLIMB, 500 FT., HE HANDED CONTROL OVER TO PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS SAFETY PILOT, SO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COULD HOOD-UP, WITHIN SECONDS OF THE HAND OFF OF CONTROL THE ENGINE LOST POWER, WENT TO IDLE, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE FORCED LANDING BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, ALL ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A U-TURN AND TOUCHDOWN APPROX. 30 FT SHORT OF THE PAVEMENT, AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF RWY 02. IT TRAVELED UPGRADE AND THE NOSE GEAR DUG-IN, AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, LANDED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT.

## 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 DEN05LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA127), Aug 17, 2005: Cessna 172N (N9892J), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing factors include the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing, and the soft dirt.

## Other reports on N9892J (2)

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

- [Accident 20040212001839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040212001839A), Feb 12, 2004: Cessna 172N (N9892J), Parowan, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot departed double eagle, NM (aeg) at 1800 MST enroute to cedar city, UT. He flew to the page VOR, "turned slightly right to avoid the grand…
- [Incident 20030421004509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030421004509I), Apr 21, 2003: Cessna 172N (N9892J), Cedar City, UT. (-23) During a night flight returning to Cedar City, UT the engine of N9892J began to lose power and shortly thereafter stopped completely. Pilot made an…

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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