# Accident 20200106003269A: Cessna 172H, El Monte, CA, January 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2020, 12:45 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: San Gabriel Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0856° N, 118.0350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0856&lon=-118.0350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1658F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1658F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,208 total, 1,258 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200106003269A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 6, 2020, AT APPROX. 12:09 PM, A CESSNA 172H, N1658F, REREGISTERED TO MONDO BEYOND THRILL SQUADRON, EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATION AT APPROX. 3500 FEET MSL. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. 3 MILES NORTH OF EMT AIRPORT IN A WESTBOUND DIRECTION AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT EMT AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EMT AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR20LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA062), Jan 6, 2020: Cessna 172H (N1658F), El Monte, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inflight separation of a section of a propeller blade due to a fatigue crack which resulted in a forced landing.

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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