# Accident 20191221019819A: Cessna 172M, Rush City, MN, December 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2019, 12:45 local time
- Place: Rush City, MN
- Airport: Rush City Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6972° N, 92.9522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6972&lon=-92.9522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9646Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9646Q-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 12 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191221019819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 16 AT RUSH CITY, MN AIRPORT AT 1306 2019-12-21, AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THROUGH 200 FEET AGL THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED" TWICE AND QUIT, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT OVER A HIGH LINE THAT CROSSES OVER RUSH CREEK AND DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO SOME YOUNG LOOKING TREES ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF RUSH CREEK.

## 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 CEN20LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA042), Dec 21, 2019: Cessna 172 (N9646Q), Rush City, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because the student pilot failed to reposition the fuel mixture control to full rich before takeoff.

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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