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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · St. Petersburg, FL · February 22, 2010

Date
February 22, 2010 · 11:35 local
Place
St. Petersburg, FL
Airport
Albert Whitted
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1392U
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
940 total940 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Was cleared to land on runway 18; was on short final and realized she was sinking. privacy data omitted Attempted to add power and determined the engine had failed. Last known airspeed was 70 knots. She landed in the water in a nose high attiude. Once the airplane came to a stop, privacy data omitted made an unsuccessful attempt to exit the airplane with the pilot door. She was able to exit airplane through the pilot side window. There was a good samaritan in a boat nearby who came to her rescue. No injuries or fire. privacy data omitted Declined medical attention.

As the FAA filed it

WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18; WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND REALIZED SHE WAS SINKING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER AND DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. LAST KNOWN AIRSPEED WAS 70 KNOTS. SHE LANDED IN THE WATER IN A NOSE HIGH ATTIUDE. ONCE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE WITH THE PILOT DOOR. SHE WAS ABLE TO EXIT AIRPLANE THROUGH THE PILOT SIDE WINDOW. THERE WAS A GOOD SAMARITAN IN A BOAT NEARBY WHO CAME TO HER RESCUE. NO INJURIES OR FIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION.