# Accident 20180626025209A: Cessna 172S, Phoenix, AZ, June 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2018, 10:20 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7842° N, 112.1378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7842&lon=-112.1378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154ME-2020-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180626025209A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 26, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172SP AIRPLANE, N154ME, SERIAL NUMBER - 172S8534, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING, FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NORTH OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WAS DAMAGED.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT), PHOENIX, ARIZONA AT APPROXIMATELY 0920.

## 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 WPR18LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA181), Jun 26, 2018: Cessna 172S (N154ME), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to crankshaft failure as the result of a subsurface fatigue crack.

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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