# Accident 20150106000829A: Cessna 172S, Chesapeake, VA, January 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2015, 13:45 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Hampton Roads Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7803° N, 76.4675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7803&lon=-76.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2102P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2102P) (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-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150106000829A

## Narrative

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

DPE WAS ADMINISTERING PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE TO APPLICANT.  AFTER A  FULL STOP LANDING, A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF WAS PERFORMED BY THE APPLICANT.  AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL, THE DPE GAVE THE APPLICANT A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE BY FULLY RETARDING THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION.  THE APPLICANT RESPONDED BY ADJUSTING THE AIRCRAFT PITCH FOR BEST GLIDE AIRPSPEED, SELECTED A LANDING SITE IN THE FORESTED SWAMP IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND SIMULATED PERFORMING THE REST OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  THE DPE TERMINATED THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE AND THE PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN TO THE MAXIMUM POWER POSITION.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND, IT REMAINED AT THE IDLE/WINDMLLING RPM.   THE DPE DIRECTED THE APPLICANT TO TURN ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP, THEN HE CYCLED THE THROTTLE FROM THE FULL POWER POSITION TO THE IDLED POSITION AND BACK TO THE FULL POWER POSITION.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND REMAINED AT WINDMILL/IDLE RPM.  THE DPE THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, TURNED THE AIRCRAFT  TO A LESS DENSELY WOODED AREA OF THE SWAMP, VERIFIED THAT THE MAGNETO SELECTOR WAS IN THE BOTH POSITION, MIXTURE TO THE RICH POSITION, AND HAD THE APPLICANT VERIFY THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE ON/BOTH POSITION.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED THE DPE HAD THE APPLICANT TURN THE ELECTRICAL MASTER SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND TURN THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE TO THE OFF POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE TREES WHEN THE RIGHT WING HIT A TREE THAT CAUSED IT TO TURN RIGHT AND PITCH DOWN IN A CARTWHEELING MOTION.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ROTATED 180 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND 90 DEGREES NOSE DOWN.  THE DPE AND APPLICANT THEN CHECKED FOR INJURIES (NONE), VERIFIED THE MASTER SWITCH WAS OFF AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA15LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA094), Jan 6, 2015: Cessna 172 (N2102P), Norfolk, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The engine’s failure to regain full power after a simulated engine failure for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examinations and testing.

## Other reports on N2102P (1)

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

- [Incident 20060510007439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510007439I), May 10, 2006: Cessna 172S (N2102P), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. (-23) N2102P was cleared to land on runway 36 at the Omaha Eppley Airfield; the wind was reported 340 degrees at 15/25 knots. The student pilot stated while…

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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