# Accident 20101010048289A: Cessna 172S, Boynton Beach, FL, October 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Boynton Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.5200° N, 80.0600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.5200&lon=-80.0600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N423FT-2017-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 220 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101010048289A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RENTED AIRCRAFT TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND PERFORM TOUCH AND GO'S LOCAL AIRPORT. AFTER AN HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT ON THE WAY TO LANTANA AIRPARK TO PERFORM TOUGH AND GO'S, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND QUIT. PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING; SPOTTING A CLEARING HE STARTED THE LANDING PROCEDURES. ONCE ON THE GROUND HE NOTICED THAT THERE WHERE SIGNS POSTED ON THE GROUNDS AND TRIED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THEM. THE RIGHT WING TIP CLIPPED ONE OF THE SIGNS, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND IT VEERED OFF INTO THE ADJACENT CANAL AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA11LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA015), Oct 10, 2010: Cessna 172SP (N423FT), Boynton Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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