# Accident 20080801846329A: Cessna 172RG, Tomahawk, WI, August 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2008, 19:48 local time
- Place: Tomahawk, WI
- Airport: Tomahawk Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4694° N, 89.4672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4694&lon=-89.4672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6520R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6520R-2010-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 31 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801846329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 1, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1948 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), CESSNA 172RG, N6520R MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING 2 MILES FROM TOMAHAWK (KTKV) AIRPORT DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 AT TOMAHAWK, WI (KTKV).  5 MILES EAST OF KTKV WHILE CLIMBING, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  AFTER THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN BACK TO LAND AT KTKV OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELD.  2 MILES EAST OF KTKV THE ENGINE SIEZED.  UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT LANDED IN A SMALL FIELD AND STRUCK A PINE TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45 KNOTS.  BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI08LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA230), Aug 2, 2008: Cessna 172RG (N6520R), Tomahawk, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to a loss of all of the engine's oil as a result of the safety wire on the governor idler gear shaft's oil plug breaking, leading to the oil plug coming unscrewed.…

## Other reports on N6520R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920123004209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920123004209I), Jan 23, 1992: Cessna 172RG (N6520R), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Aircraft bounced and propeller struck runway.

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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