# Accident 20060724023479A: Cessna 172F, Brookville, IN, July 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2006, 21:30 local time
- Place: Brookville, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6667° N, 85.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6667&lon=-85.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8829U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8829U-2006-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 325 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060724023479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/24/2006 AT APPROX. 2130 UT, CESSNA CE-172-F AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N8829U, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM MOORES HILL, IN IG07) TO BROOKVILLE LAKE, IN HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS IMPACTING SOME TREES AND CRASHING INTO A WOODED AREA. THE PILOT ONLY OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP LIMBS OF A COUPLE OF LARGE TREES, CARTWHEELED DOWN AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON 07/25/2006 AT 1300 EST AFTER A LONG AIR AND GROUND SEARCH EFFORT BY THE POLICE AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

## 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 CHI06FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA184), Jul 24, 2006: Cessna 172F (N8829U), Brookville, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of engine power during cruise flight due to restricted fuel flow and the inadequate preflight the pilot performed. An additional cause was the trees.

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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