# Accident 20150703010199A: Cessna 172D, Shenandoah, TX, July 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2015, 12:01 local time
- Place: Shenandoah, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1858° N, 95.4475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1858&lon=-95.4475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2320U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2320U-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150703010199A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAS JUST BEEN THROUGH ANNUAL INSPECTION AND THIS WAS FIRST FLIGHT. PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND ENGINE RUN-UP WERE CONDUCTED AS USUAL WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KEYQ AT 10:15 AM. AIRCRAFT FLEW TO 6R3 LANDED. AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED WITH APPROX 21 GALLONS OF FUEL. OWNER / PILOT CHECKED WING SUMPS L/R AND VERIFIED FUEL COLOR TO BE AVGAS. OWNER STATED HE THEN FLEW AROUND LAKE LIVINGSTON FOR AWHILE SIGHTSEEING. AT 11:30AM PILOT HEADED BACK TO KEYQ. PILOT STATED THAT AT ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF DWH AIRPORT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER. PILOT STATED HE WENT TO FULL MIXTURE AND APPLIED CARB HEAT AND VERIFIED THAT FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON BOTH. OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES WERE IN NORMAL RANGES. ENGINE CONTINUED TO SPUTTER. THEN ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY BUT DID NOT SEIZE. THE PILOT TRIMMED FOR BEST GLIDE, HE CONTINUED ATTEMPS TO RESTART THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AIRCRAFT LANED IN SCHOOL STADIUM PARKING LOT WHICH WAS EMPTY. TOUCHDOWN APPEARED NORMAL BUT AIRCRAFT HAD EXCESSIVE SPEED AND COULD NOT STOP BEFORE CONTACTING A CURB AND SMALL TREE. AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED AND MADE CONTACT WITH A SECOND CURB AND TREE WHERE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED AND CAME TO REST STILL IN STADUIM PARKING LOT. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND WAS MEET BY PERSONNEL WHO HAD WITNESSED THE EVENT. AIRCRAFT DID APPEAR TO HAVE FUEL LEAKING FROM WINGS AT THE SCENE.

## 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 CEN15LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA292), Jul 3, 2015: Cessna 172D (N2320U), Shenandoah, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed application of carburetor heat, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing during cruise flight.

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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