# Accident 20070123001259A: Cessna 172D, Beaver Marsh, OR, January 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2007, 12:55 local time
- Place: Beaver Marsh, OR
- Airport: Beaver Marsh State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1289° N, 121.8178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1289&lon=-121.8178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2599U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2599U-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 1,340 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070123001259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOST POWER FOR UNKNOWN REASON. NOTIFIED ZSE OF PROBLEM WHILE UNDER FLIGHT FOLLOWING. ATTEMPTED CARB-HEAT APPLICATION, CHANGED THROTTLE SETTING AND MIXTURE SETTING. CHECKED FUEL SELECTOR. ENGINE EVENTUALLY QUIT RUNNING. ATTEMPTED TO REACH BEAVER MARSH STATE AIRPORT (2S2). LANDED IN WOODED TERRAIN ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF 2S2 THAT WAS RECENTLY LOGGED BUT HAD STUMPS. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NOSE GEAR, COWLING, WINGS. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. ON 01/27/2007, DURING REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED A COMBINED TOTAL OF 12 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE FUEL SAMPLED REVEALED NO CONTAMINATION, INCLUDING THE GASCOLATOR. THE TOP SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED AND EXHIBITED A GREY COLOR. THE CARBURETOR WAS BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNT ON THE MANIFOLD AND THE AIR-BOX WAS BROKEN FROM THE CARBURETOR. THROTTLE, MIXTURE AND CARB-HEAT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED BUT SETTINGS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MAGNETOS PRODUCED SPARK AND ALL CYLINDERS HAD COMPRESSION (THUMB CHECK OVER PLUG HOLES) WHEN THE ENGINE WAS ROTATED. SOME ICE WAS NOTED IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHERE IT WAS BROKEN BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPOSED TO WEATHER PRIOR TO REMOVAL.

## 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 SEA07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA052), Jan 23, 2007: Cessna 172D (N2599U), Beaver Marsh, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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