# Accident 20181202024169A: Cessna 172P, Santa Rita, GU, December 2, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Santa Rita, GU
- Airport: Pgum
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3TVJ
- Location: 13.4194° N, 144.6386° E: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4194&lon=144.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98884, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98884-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 714 total, 58 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181202024169A

## Narrative

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

N98884 CESSNA DEPARTED GUM VFR SIGHTSEEING TOUR.  APPROX 2340Z 10 MILE WEST OF AIRPORT ON THE SHORE LINE, APRROX 3 MILES SOUTH OF GUAM NAVAL BASE. PILOT DECLAREDAN EMERGENCY AND STATED HE HAD A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. THE PILOT LANDED ON A CLOSED AIRFIELD AT THE NAVAL BASE, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A WOODED AREA.

## 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 WPR19LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA035), Dec 2, 2018: Cessna 172P (N98884), Santa Rita, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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