20110223003189A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172G · Clarksville, FL · February 23, 2011

Date
February 23, 2011 · 12:30 local
Place
Clarksville, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3740L
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11LA156
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total1,400 in this make and model25 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.

Loss of power during powerline patrol resulting in off airport emergency landing in thick pine forest.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF POWER DURING POWERLINE PATROL RESULTING IN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING IN THICK PINE FOREST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.