# Incident 20100724042919I: Cessna 172P, Panama City Bea, FL, July 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2010, 11:47 local time
- Place: Panama City Bea, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2332° N, 85.8771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2332&lon=-85.8771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53456, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,374 total, 294 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100724042919I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY JULY 24, 2010, A RENTED CESSNA 172P BELONGING TO MIRACLE STRIP AVIATION TOOK OFF FROM COLEMAN KELLY FIELD IN DESTIN, FLORIDA BOUND FOR ORLANDO. WHILE CLIMBING OUT THROUGH 3800FT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ENGINE RPM DROPPED FROM 2300 TO 1000 AND IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUTS. HE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO BEST GLIDE SPEED, 65KTS, AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE. CYCLING THE THROTTLE, SWITCHING FUEL TANKS AND SWITCHING MAGNETOS BROUGHT NO RESPONSE. WITH HIS GPS INDICATING 12 MILES TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND ALTITUDE DROPPING RAPIDLY, HE SET UP FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE 17TH FAIRWAY OF THE SHARKS TOOTH GOLF COURSE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL. THE AIRPLANE PASSED JUST OVER THE 70-80 FOOT TREES SOUTH OF THE GREEN AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE 1500 FT FAIRWAY. WITH FULL FLAPS AND A WIND-MILLING PROPELLER, THEY SLID TO A STOP IN LIGHT BRUSH JUST OFF THE NORTH END OF THE FAIRWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.  MIRACLE STRIP AVIATION'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED LOW AND HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS ON MONDAY JULY 26, 2010. AFTER FINDING NOTHING WRONG, THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF FROM THE FAIRWAY AND FLEW BACK TO DESTIN.

## Other reports on N53456 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980306002839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306002839A), Mar 6, 1998: Cessna 172P (N53456), Destin, FL, Substantial damage. Flared too high landing. Bounced on hard landing. Came down on nosewheel. Firewall buckled. (.4)the pilot stated he flared too high during landing. The…

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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