# Accident 20171002022369A: Cessna 172S, Currant, NV, October 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Currant, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5100° N, 115.6200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5100&lon=-115.6200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5311H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5311H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 8 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171002022369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER.

PILOT COULD ONLY MAINTAIN 1500 RPM ON ENGINE.

PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A DRY LAKE BED WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY EXTREME RUGGED TERRAIN.

UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE DRY LAKE SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED.

SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY APPARENT CAUSE FOR THE PARTIAL POWER FAILURE.

THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS, THOUGH IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE QUANTITY, DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING INVERTED.

GROUND MARKS AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED CONSISTANT WITH THE FACTS PROVIDED BY THE PILOT.

THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE MAKING SOME POWER AT THE POINT OF IMPACT.

FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED.

AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A FUTURE ENGINE EXAMINATION.

REPORT TO BE AMENDED.

## 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 WPR18LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA002), Oct 2, 2017: Cessna 172S (N5311H), Tonopah, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to enrich the mixture during the descent, as required by the Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH), and his subsequent failure to follow the POH emergency procedures, which resulted in…

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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