# Accident 20190721024329A: Cessna 172G, Port Townsend, WA, July 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2019, 16:20 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Airport: Jefferson County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0517° N, 122.8014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0517&lon=-122.8014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3863L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3863L-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 345 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190721024329A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 21, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 PST, AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172 N3863L WAS ON APPROACH TO PORT TOWNSEND, WA AIRPORT (0S9). AT THIS TIME THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO DROP RMPS AND THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FUEL TANK SELECTOR TO THE RIGHT TANK AND START THE ENGINE AGAIN, BUT THIS FAILED, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT JUST FLEW THE AIRCRAFT, GLIDING INTO THE AIRPORT, IMPACTED TO GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MINOR INJURIES TO THE TWO PAX, PILOT WAS UNINJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND PLACE IN A HANGER TWO DAYS LATER. NO FURTHER ACTION TO THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN TAKEN. FUEL RECORDS WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE OLYMPIA FACILITY THAT FUEL WAS TOPPED OFF IN THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THIS FLIGHT. NO ISSUES FOUND. ENGINE FAILURE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## 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 WPR19LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA202), Jul 21, 2019: Cessna 172 (N3863L), Port Townsend, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on 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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