# Incident 20130812016959I: Cessna R172E, Dover, DE, August 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2013, 17:23 local time
- Place: Dover, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: D7GS
- Location: 39.1606° N, 75.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1606&lon=-75.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7884N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7884N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,383 total, 95 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812016959I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STATED DURING ILS APPROACH TO DOVER AFB RUNWAY 01 ON GLIDE PATH AT 1200 WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO LOWER THE FLAPS, HE PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY SPUTTERING, ENGINE DID NOT RESTART AND THE LAST ALTITUDE HE REMEMBERED SEEING WAS 900 FEET, ABOUT 90 KNOTS. CFI TOOK OVER CONTROLS WHO DECIDED TO LAND IN A GRASSY AREA NEAR THE APPROACH LIGHTS OF RUNWAY 01. DURING GRASS FIELD LANDING, CFI PILOT STATED HE HAD TO PULL BACK AND ?FLY OVER? A LARGE RAVINE/DITCH AT WHICH TIME THEY BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. SINCE THEY WERE NOW HEADING FOR HIGHWAY RT. 1 SOUTH/NORTH, HE THEN DECIDED TO BANK LEFT AND FLEW BETWEEN THE APPROACH LIGHTS TO AVOID CRASHING INTO A TREE LINE AND RT.1 TRAFFIC. AIRCRAFT HIT A METAL FENCE DAMAGING THE LEFT WING, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND FUSELAGE AND LANDED BACK ON THE GROUND HEADING AGAINST RT.1 SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH ON RT. 1 AVOIDED  THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CFI PILOT STATED, HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, AS CLOSE AS HE COULD TO THE MEDIAN GUARD RAIL WITHOUT HITTING IT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HIT ANY VEHICLES BUT ONE RED CAR DID HIT THE GUARD RAIL AND NO OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED.

## Other reports on N7884N (1)

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

- [Incident 20220831020719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220831020719I), Aug 31, 2022: Cessna R172E (N7884N), Usaf Academy, CO, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was conducting pre-solo student pilot flight training. The aircraft departed aff and conducted 3 normal touch and go landings at bjc…

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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