# Accident 20111017022969A: Cessna R172K, Williamsburg, VA, October 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2011, 11:20 local time
- Place: Williamsburg, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3392° N, 76.7564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3392&lon=-76.7564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758GY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758GY-2012-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,476 total, 800 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111017022969A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILES FROM WILLIAMSBURG (JGG) AIRPORT IN A DESCENT INTENDING LANDING AT JGG.  THE PILOT REPORTS THE ENGINE LOSING POWER.  HE QUICKLY CIRCLED INTO A FIELD BELOW AND LANDED BUT WAS UNABLE TO DISSIPATE SUFFICIENT SPEED AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKING GARAGE, SMALL ORNAMENTAL TREES, AND SEVERAL LAMP POSTS.  THIS DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT BUT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE RIGHT DOOR WITHOUT REPORTED INJURY.

## 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 ERA12LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA033), Oct 17, 2011: Cessna R172K (N758GY), Williamsburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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