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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Navarre, FL · March 13, 2018

Date
March 13, 2018 · 15:00 local
Place
Navarre, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
502S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9875G
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total400 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a flight demonstration with a student pilot, the pilot started feeling strong vibrations from the engine and noticed a reduction in RPM. Pilot elected to return to pns. While enroute, the vibration became stronger and the decrease in RPM continued. Approximately 7 miles west of pns, and 800 ft altitude, the engine quit. The pilot made an emergency landing on state route 339 in Navarre, FL.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION WITH A STUDENT PILOT, THE PILOT STARTED FEELING STRONG VIBRATIONS FROM THE ENGINE AND NOTICED A REDUCTION IN RPM. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO PNS. WHILE ENROUTE, THE VIBRATION BECAME STRONGER AND THE DECREASE IN RPM CONTINUED. APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST OF PNS, AND 800 FT ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON STATE ROUTE 339 IN NAVARRE, FL.