# Accident 20060214003169A: Cessna 172M, Murrieta/Temecu, CA, February 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2006, 12:19 local time
- Place: Murrieta/Temecu, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80859, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80859-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060214003169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS ACCOMPLISHING TOUCH AND GOES, TAKE OFF WAS NORMAL BUT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF 50 TO 100 FEET AGL AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT HOLD ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED, AND STARTED LOSING ALTITUDE. THE AIRMAN DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS ENGINE RPM WAS. THE AIRMAN MADE THE DECISION TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD JUST OUT OF THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. AIRMAN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY FLAP-UP LANDING IN A FRESHLY PLOWED AND FURROWED FIELD. IMPACT WAS VERY HARD NOSE GEAR FIRST, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND HIT ON ALL THREE GEAR THEN BOUNCED AGAIN AND STRUCK ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR REMOVING THE WHEEL TIRE AND BRAKE ABOVE THE AXLE. EXAMINATION OF THE RECORDS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND CURRENT ON AD. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTROLS WERE EXAMINED AND ALL OPERATED NORMALLY, INDUCTION SYSTEM WAS NORMAL, CARBURETOR FLOAT BOWL WAS CLEAN AND FREE OF FOREIGN SUBSTANCE. IGNITOR PLUGS WERE EXAMINED AND EXHIBITED THE SIGNS OF AN ENGINE THAT WAS OPERATED VERY LEAN, CHALKY AND GREY. STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ INDICATED THAT THE MIXTURE WAS PULLED OUT A THUMBS WIDTH OR SO FOR HOT DAY OPERATIONS. AIRMAN INDICATED THAT HE USED THIS SYSTEM DURING HIS TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX06CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA115), Feb 14, 2006: Cessna 172M (N80859), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a partial loss of engine power resulting from the student pilot's mismanagement of the mixture control.

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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