# Incident 20151030021319I: Cessna 172N, Navarre, FL, October 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2015, 09:54 local time
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4134° N, 86.8886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Navarre, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4134&lon=-86.8886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,236 total, 46 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151030021319I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND ABOUT TO BEGIN PRACTICING STALLS WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG.  OIL SPATTERED THE WINDSHIELD.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE BEACH BELOW THE TRAINING AREA.  THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED TWO HOLES IN THE ENGINE CASE.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN CONNECTING ROD BOLT WHICH CAUSED THE PISTON ROD TO PENETRATE THE ENGINE CRANK CASE AND ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N999AR (2)

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

- [Incident 20170414004349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170414004349I), Apr 14, 2017: Cessna 172N (N999AR), Monroeville, AL, Minor damage. Student pilot was on a solo cross country from K2R4 to kmvc to K2R4. Winds were calm and sky was clear. Upon landing on runway 21 at kmvc, pilot elected to…
- [Incident 20160627010619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160627010619I), Jun 27, 2016: Cessna 172N (N999AR), Milton, FL, No damage. CFI and student were practicing landings. After 11th landing, during the roll for a touch and go, CFI placed the flap handle in the up position. Student then…

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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