# Accident 20160702010369A: Cessna 172E, Salmon, ID, July 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salmon, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0964° N, 113.6897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0964&lon=-113.6897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7748U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7748U-2018-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160702010369A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED THE PRE-FLIGHT SUMPING ONLY THE WING TANKS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN SHOWN THAT THERE WERE ANY MORE PLACES TO SUMP FUEL FROM OTHER THAN THE 2 WING SUMPS. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED THE PRE-FLIGHT AFTER THE STUDENT SUMPNG THE WING TANKS AND THE FUEL STRAINER. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT THE STUDENT GOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER FROM THE LF WING. THE TRAINING FLIGHT DEPARTED FOR THE LOCAL PRACTICE AREA. ABOUT 40 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE STUDENT HAD FINISHED PERFORMING STEEP TURNS AS WELL AS POWER ON AND POWER OFF STALLS. THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE CARBURATOR HEAT ON AND THROTTLE BACK AND TOLD THE STUDENT TO PERFORM A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING. FROM ABOUT 1000 FEET THE STUDENT PILOT SELECTED AN EMPTY FIELD, TURNED LEFT ABOUT 90 DEGREES TOWARDS THE FIELD AND ESTABLISHED A PROPER GLIDE SLOPE, DESCENDING AT ABOUT 70 MPH. AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT PILOT TO GIVE THE AIRCRAFT FULL POWER AND PERFORM A GO AROUND. THE STUDENT TURNED THE CARB HEAT OFF, ADDED FULL POWER AND INITIATED A CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED AND CONTINUED TO DECSEND. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND AS IT DOES FOR NORMAL TAKE-OFF POWER. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT A SLIGHTLY UPHILL ANGLE AND ROLLED OUT THROUGH A BARB WIRE FENCE AND A SMALL DITCH. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE THINKS AT THAT POINT THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE MIXTURE AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. NIETHER  THE STUDENT NOR THE INSTRUCTOR REMEMBER FOR SURE WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. HOWEVER, DAMAGE ON THE PROPELLER BLADES INDICATE THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE BARB WIRE FENCE.

## 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 WPR16LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA133), Jul 2, 2016: Cessna 172 (N7748U), Salmon, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to water in the fuel system. Contributing to the accident was an inadequate preflight inspection that failed to eliminate water from the fuel system.

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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