# Accident 20110801016179A: Cessna 172S, Syracuse, UT, August 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2011, 21:05 local time
- Place: Syracuse, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1086° N, 112.0711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1086&lon=-112.0711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235GW-2014-04-10) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 525 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110801016179A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED THE SLC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HEADED TO OGDEN AIRPORT TO PRACTICE ILS APPROACH.  WHILE BEEN VECTORED FOR AN ILS LANDING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUDDER.  THE PILOT AJUSTED THE MIXTURE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  THAT WORKED ONLY TEMPORARILY BUT THEN IT WOULD START RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN.  IT GOT WORST SO AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN A FIELD.  WHILE HE WAS MANUVERING FOR LANDING, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY QUITE.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPED AND HE HIT THE GROUND HARD ON THE THREE GEAR, BOUNCED HIT THE GROUND A SECOND TIME, BOUNCED AND THEN CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN COMPLETELY OFF, THE ENGINE WAS MOSTLY TORN LOOSE, BOTH WINGS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE TOP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS CRUSHED.THE ENGINE ELECTRICAL AND FUEL SYSTEMS WERE INVESTIGATED FOR PROBLEMS.  THE ONLY ITEM NOTICED THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE WAS A LOOSE B-NUT ON THE FUEL SERVO OUTLET HOSE.  THE FUEL SERVO WAS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURE FOR TESTING.

## 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 WPR11LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA362), Aug 2, 2011: Cessna 172S (N235GW), Syracuse, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the maintenance technicians who installed the engine to properly tighten the fuel injection servo to a spider supply line, which caused a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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