# Accident 20150917015269A: Cessna R172K, College Station, TX, September 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2015, 13:07 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5886° N, 96.3639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5886&lon=-96.3639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180CM-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,557 total, 95 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA416) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917015269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AT COLLEGE STATION (EASTERWOOD AIRPORT) AND SAID THE ENGINE HAD QUIT. HE TURNED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AND RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME POWER LINES, STRUCK THE TOP OF ONE BUILDING, AND CRASHED IN THE ROAD BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD NUMEROUS INJURIES ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DPS TROOPER ON SCENE.

THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL PRIOR TO IIC ARRIVAL AT 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 CEN15LA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA416), Sep 17, 2015: Cessna R172 (N180CM), College Station, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to the fatigue failure of the No. 1 connecting rod. Contributing to the accident was the manufacturer’s exclusion of the accident engine (by serial number) in a…

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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