# Incident 20121223028899I: Cessna 172P, Bay Head, NJ, December 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bay Head, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0703° N, 74.0482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay Head, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0703&lon=-74.0482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5404K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5404K-2018-02-15) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,413 total, 25 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121223028899I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROX 1530 ON 12/23/12, A CE-172P, N5404K, S/N 17274096, REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT 1500 FT MSL WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL SURVEY OF HURRICANE SANDY RAVAGED AREAS WHILE IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH MCGUIRE APPROACH CONTROL, AND AFTER REGAINING POWER THEN SUBSEQUENTLY LOSING POWER AGAIN, LANDED ON THE BEACH WITH THE MAIN GEARS IMPACTING THE SAND AND THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE GROUND.  DURING ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A CINDER BLOCK, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COME DOWN PREMATURELY, AND ULTIMATELY IMPACTED THE SAND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ON ITS BACK.  A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL A REASON FOR THE LOST POWER.

## Other reports on N5404K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820815041669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820815041669A), Aug 15, 1982: Cessna 172P (N5404K), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing and lost directional control running off side of runway.

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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