# Accident 20190505015819A: Cessna 172F, Red Rock, AZ, May 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2019, 18:00 local time
- Place: Red Rock, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5383° N, 111.4236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5383&lon=-111.4236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8887U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8887U-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190505015819A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 5TH, 2019, N8887U LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM CARLSBAD, CA (CRQ) TO MARANA, AZ (AVQ).  THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A NARROW RURAL ROAD, STRUCK VEGETATION WITH THE LEFT WING, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS BROKEN FROM THE MOUNT AND THE PLANE CAME TO REST WITH THE RIGHT WING TOUCHING THE GROUND.  THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

THE PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL UNTIL DESCENDING OUT OF  5,500', AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE RPMS WENT FROM 2600 TO APPROXIMATELY 1200-1000 RPMS.  HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER AND LANDED ON A SMALL, ONE-LANE DIRT ROAD.

## 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 WPR19LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA140), May 6, 2019: Cessna 172 (N8887U), Red Rock, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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