# Incident 20080917847729I: Cessna 172S, New Orleans, LA, September 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2008, 11:33 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: U3XA
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N341SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080917847729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMBING TO 1500 TO BEGIN MANEUVERS STARTING WITH S-TURNS, A LEVEE WAS PICKED AT THE FOCUS POINT DUE TO THE WINDS AT THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED DOWN TO 800 FEET AND THE STUDENT PILOT RAISED THE NOSE AND ADDED POWER TO CLIMB BACK UP TO 1000 FEET TO START THE S-TURNS. UPON PITCHING THE NOSE UP AND ADDING POWER THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE STUDENT PILOT ADDED MORE POWER AND THE ENGINE SPUTTERED EVEN MORE. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN TURNED THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS OVER TO THE INSTRUCTOR WHO LINED THE AIRCRAFT UP FOR LANDING ON THE SAME LEVEE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A COAST GUARD HELICOPTER ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER TO AIRLIFT THEM BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  THE OPERATOR INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE LEVEE AND BACK TO THE AIRPORT SO THE ENGINE STOPPAGE CAN BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. CESSNA AND LYCOMING ENGINE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED FOR ASSISTANCE BY THE OWNER.

## Other reports on N341SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20140603015619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140603015619I), Jun 3, 2014: Cessna 172S (N341SP), El Cajon, CA, No damage. Student pilot [privacy data omitted] has approximately 70 hours training in this type aircraft (C-172). On this date, he had accomplished three full-stop…

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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