# Incident 20190313001309I: Cessna 172S, Pompano, FL, March 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2019, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pompano, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 6FXS
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1206U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1206U) (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: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190313001309I

## Narrative

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

03/13/2019. AROUND 14:00 LOCAL TIME MY STUDENT ARE DOING INSTRUMENT TRAINING UNDER PART 141. WE WERE PRACTICING VFR APPROCHES AT POMPANO AIRPORT WITH AIRPLANE N1206U. WE TOOK OFF FROM THE FXE AND DEPARTED TO THE NORTH WEST AT THAT POINT WE REQUESTED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH WITH MIAMI APP IN 119.7. THEY VECTOR US FOR THE LOC 15 CIR 10. WE CIRCLED TO RUNWAY 10 AND PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO. AFTER THE TOUCH AND GO, WE CLIMBED NORTH EAST BOUND. AFTER THE TOUCH AND GO WE CLIMBED WITH A VX (62KT) AS SPECIFIED IN FLIGHT CENTER SOP'S. AT 1000FT  WE PERFORMED THE CLIMB FLOWED/ CHECKLIST AND CONTACTED MIAMI APP AGAIN READY FOR OUR REQUEST. EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING NORMALLY UNTIL THAT POINT. WE FELT AN UNCOMMON EXPLOSION AND LOST AROUND 300 RPM. I TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS BECAUSE I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I CALLED THE TOWER AGAIN TELLING THEM THAT I NEEDED TO GO BACK BECAUSE I HAD A LOSS OF POWER. DUE TO THE LACK OF TIME /ALTITUDE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME AT THAT POINT WAS LANDED THE PLANE SAFELY. I ESTABLISHED THE BEST GLIDE SPEED ATTITUDE LOOKING FOR 68KT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MORE DISTANCE AVAILABLE ( WE WERE 2 MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT ). THEY CLEARED ME TO LAND IN RUNWAY, BASED ON THE WINDS COMING FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION I CONSIDERED LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 THE BEST OPTION. I LOST ALL THE POWER AVAILABLE DOING THE LEFT DOWN WIND. ESTABLISHED ON FINAL THEY CLEARED ME TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15. I HAD PERFORM A FORWARD SLIP TO LAND AND SOON AS THE LANDING WAS ASSURED I SELECTED FULL FLAPS. THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND SAFE. WE LANDED THE PLANE AND VACATED THE RUNWAY AT THE END WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. I SECURED THE ENGINE, PLANE AND EVACUATED.

## Other reports on N1206U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20251013015379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251013015379A), Oct 13, 2025: Cessna 172S (N1206U), Margate, FL, Substantial damage. On Monday, October 13th, 2025, aircraft [privacy data omitted], Cessna 172S, serial no. 172S10417, was conducting a training flight with a student on board.…
- [Incident 20211113022149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211113022149I), Nov 13, 2021: Cessna 172S (N1206U), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. The information reported to the FAA iic was as follows: There were two pilots on board the aircraft on a flight to Vero Beach Regional Airport (kvrb). This was…

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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