# Accident 20190924018279A: Cessna 172K, Manville, NJ, September 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Airport: Central Jersey
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5289° N, 74.5900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5289&lon=-74.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78192, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78192-2020-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190924018279A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RETURNING FROM A LONG CROSS COUNTRY EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WHILE IN THE DOWNWIND TO LAND AT CENTRAL JERSEY AIRPORT. ON BASE LEG THE ENGINE QUIT, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. IN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, THE PLANE STALLED AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PLANE WAS UPRIGHT  IN THE TREE TOPS APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET IN THE AIR. PILOT WAS RESCUED 4 HOURS LATER AND WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA19LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA280), Sep 24, 2019: Cessna 172 (N78192), Manville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the ingestion of sealant material that had loosened inside the carburetor airbox.

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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