# Accident 20080514833709A: Cessna 172M, Hampton, NJ, May 14, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2008, 13:20 local time
- Place: Hampton, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0853° N, 74.7369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0853&lon=-74.7369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9882Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,280 total, 600 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080514833709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, HE WAS DEMONSTRATING SLOW FLIGHT TO HIS STUDENT. DURING THE PROCESS, HE WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE AN APPROACH TO LANDING STALL. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED WHEN HE REDUCED POWER, THE PROPELLER SEEMED TO BE TURNING SLOWLY. WHEN HE APPLIED POWER, "NOTHING HAPPENED", AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED ROTATING. HE STATED HE LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND NOTICED THE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS FLASH OFF AND ON, HE ALSO STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART USING THE STARTER BUT THE PROPELLER DID NOT TURN. INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS REVEALED NOTHING UNUSUAL, THERE WAS FREE ROTATION OF THE PROPELLER, FUEL WAS PRESENT AS WELL AS SPARK. COMPRESSION TESTED GOOD, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT BINDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT THREE THOUSAND FEET WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE INSTRUCTOR CHOSE A ROUGH, PARTIALLY PLOWED FIELD, TOUCHED DOWN SLOWLY BUT THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK BREAKING TWO OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND BUCKLED THE WING SPARS. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THERE  WAS NO SIGN OF ENGINE POWER ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER. THE WEATER WAS VMC, THERE WERE ONLY MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 NYC08CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA181), May 14, 2008: Cessna 172 M (N9882Q), Hampton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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