# Incident 20201014016499I: Cessna 172S, West Palm Beach, FL, October 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2020, 09:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9TCS
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N447ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201014016499I

## Narrative

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

AROUND 9:15 AM AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 1300 FT, 7MILES SOUTHWEST OF F45 AIRPORT, THERE WAS THE SOUND OF A LOUD BANG. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROLS FROM HIS STUDENT. THEY SAW OIL SPEWING OUT OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND SMOKE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID HE RAN THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND FOUND THE BEST PLACE TO LAND. THEY WERE OVER A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SO HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY TO A CANAL ROAD AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N447ER (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20121209027859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121209027859I), Dec 9, 2012: Cessna 172S (N447ER), Vero Beach, FL, No damage. Student pilot on solo training flight. Aircraft made a normal landing runway 11 at kvrb. On roll out pilot attempted a turn off at taxiway F2. Aircraft ground…

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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