# Accident 20090825049489A: Cessna 172RG, Rockaway, NJ, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Rockaway, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CZOS
- Location: 40.8750° N, 74.2811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8750&lon=-74.2811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6117R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6117R-2013-09-17) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-FIAG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,017 total, 150 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA481](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA481) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825049489A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/25/2009 MR. FISCHER WAS PIC OF N6117R, HE OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT, GIVING MS. GITTENS, A CFI-A STUDENT, DUAL INSTRUCTION.  DURING AN IN FLIGHT MAUNEVER, WHILE THE GEAR WAS DOWN, MR. FISHER NOTICED OIL ON THE LEFT TIRE AND A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ON THE GAUGE.  MR. FISHER TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND HEADED DIRECTLY FOR THEIR HOME BASE, CDW AIRPORT.  LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE CAME GRINDING TO A STOP.  AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN THE ROCKAWAY MALL PARKING LOT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OVER A GRASS DIVIDER, IMPACTING RIGHT WING ON A TREE, RUPTURING A FUEL TANK AND SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 180 DEGREES.  BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.  ENGINE OIL WAS FOUND SPLATTERED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND RUNNING UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT WITH SPLATTER ON TAIL SURFACES.  THE DIPSTICK INDICATED ALMOST NO OIL REMAINNG. PREFLIGHT 5.5 QTS. OIL WAS MEASURED AND 1 QT. WAS ADDED PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF, 1.5 HOURS EARLIER.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, THERE WERE CRACKS FOUND IN THE CRANKCASE, INCLUDING A ONE INCH CRACK IN THE UPPER, REAR POTION OF THE CRANCASE ABOVE THE #3 CYLINDER.  THE PISTON IN THE #3 CYLINDER WAS DISSCONNECTED.  AIRCRAFT MAINENANCE RECORDS WERE IN COMPLIANCE AND ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED BY MATTITUCK 238.1 HOURS PRIOR TO STOPPING.

## 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 ERA09LA481](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA481), Aug 25, 2009: Cessna 172RG (N6117R), Rockaway, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N6117R (2)

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

- [Incident 19960426008759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426008759I), Apr 26, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N6117R), Lancaster, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 26, 1996, at 0845 hours, a Cessna, model 172-RG, registration no. N6117R, registered to garden spot aviation inc., made a gear-up landing…
- [Accident 19810520027019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810520027019A), May 20, 1981: Cessna 172RG (N6117R), Perry, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced. Aircraft drifted off side of runway and nose wheel broke off.

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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