# Accident 20170928011319A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Huntsville, AL, September 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2017, 16:50 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Madison County Executive/Tom S
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8972° N, 86.5572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8972&lon=-86.5572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N552ES-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200-D (registry code 17409, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,616 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170928011319A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND STUDENT TOOK OFF FROM MDQ TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS IN A NEARBY DESIGNATED PRACTICE AREA.  AFTER PRACTICING MULTIPLE STALLS AND ROLLS, PILOT INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO RETURN TO MDQ.  AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING INDICATIONS, QUIT OPERATING.  PILOT STATED HE TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND STARTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING BETWEEN TWO SOD FARMS.  THE SOD FIELD HAD JUST BEEN WATERED, SO BRAKING WAS MINIMIZED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREE LINE SURROUNDING THE SOD FIELD.  PILOT AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA17LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA341), Sep 28, 2017: Cessna 162 (N552ES), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to use carburetor heat, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

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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