# Incident 20091127053109I: Cessna 172M, Rockport, TX, November 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Airport: Rockport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0478° N, 97.0499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0478&lon=-97.0499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9908Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9908Q-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,244 total, 3 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091127053109I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT RENTED THE AIRCRAFT AT CORPUS CHRISTI (KCRP) FOR A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT OVER THE BAY AREA TO ROCKPORT,TX (KRPK) ABOUT A 30 MIN. FLIGHT.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS SHOWED FUEL UP TO THE TABS WHICH SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS OF FLYING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS MORE DIFFICULT TO START THAN NORMAL. AN UNEVENTFUL RUNUP AND TAKE OFF WAS FOLLOWED BY A ROUTINE FLIGHT OVER THE BAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS AT 500 FT. MSL. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED SHORELINE EAST OF ROCKPORT A CLIMB WAS INITIATED TO 1,000 FT. FOR TRAFFIC PATTERN ENTRY WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT ABOUT 800 FT MSL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY ITEMS FOR LOSS OF POWER IN FLIGHT INCLUDING SELECTING CARB HEAT ON.  HE TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE TWICE AND ELECTED TO CONDUCT A CONTROLLED DITCHING IN THE BAY. ROCKPORT ASOS WEATHER REPORTED AT 1853Z WIND 130/05, 10 MILE VISIBILITY, TEMP 18 DEW POINT 09. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER THE DITCHING AND ALL OF THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. A LOCAL FISHERMAN PICKED THEM UP AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO SHORE.

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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