# Accident 20140126000979A: Cessna 172K, Milan, IL, January 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2014, 05:17 local time
- Place: Milan, IL
- Airport: Quad City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4400° N, 90.5592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4400&lon=-90.5592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4VN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4VN-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140126000979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DAVENPORT, IA (DVN) ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, IOWA (KAWG). DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS THE PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED TO  QUAD CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MOLINE, ILLINOIS (MLI). WHILE  ON APPROACH 2 MILES WEST OF MLI WITH A SPECIAL VISUAL FLIGHT RULE (SVFR) CLEARANCE INTO CLASS "C" AIRSPACE, THE ENGINE WAS AT 1800 RPM, UPON PULLING CARBURETOR HEAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RUN.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE TOWER THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THEN LANDED IN A FIELD ONE MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. LANDING IN THE FIELD THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SLIGHT RAVINE TEARING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UP AND CAME TO REST ON THE LOWER COWLING AND RIGHT WING. NO INJURIES OR  FIRE OCCURED.

## 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 CEN14LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA134), Jan 26, 2014: Cessna 172K (N4VN), Milan, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed use of carburetor heat while operating the airplane in atmospheric conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing…

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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