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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Moore Haven, FL · March 26, 2007

Date
March 26, 2007 · 18:56 local
Place
Moore Haven, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
EPXS
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N57FH
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA07IA067
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
THIELT TAE12501
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
205 total205 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 26, 2007, on about 1856 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S aircraft, N57FH registered to whome & shortys inc. operating as a 14 CFR part 91 flight, made an emergency landing in a field in Moore Haven, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The aircraft incurred no damage. The private rated pilot reported no injuries. The pilot stated flight originated from fort myers (fmy) enroute to vero beach the propeller seemed to overspeed, drop in oil pressure, 3 to 4 sec. Later the oil pressure dropped to 0 with intermittent power loss and declared an emergency and landed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 26, 2007, ON ABOUT 1856 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172S AIRCRAFT, N57FH REGISTERED TO WHOME & SHORTYS INC. OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD IN MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED NO DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT STATED FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORT MYERS (FMY) ENROUTE TO VERO BEACH THE PROPELLER SEEMED TO OVERSPEED, DROP IN OIL PRESSURE, 3 TO 4 SEC. LATER THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 0 WITH INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.