20220604009589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Brownsboro, AL · June 4, 2022

Date
June 4, 2022 · 13:47 local
Place
Brownsboro, AL
Airport
Moontown
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6707H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
233 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While in cruise flight, airman began to smell burning oil. Airman also noticed that the oil pressure was at zero. Airman located Moontown (3M5) and planned on landing there when the engine quit. Pilot landed just short of the runway at Moontown. As a result of the off-airport landing, the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, AIRMAN BEGAN TO SMELL BURNING OIL. AIRMAN ALSO NOTICED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS AT ZERO. AIRMAN LOCATED MOONTOWN (3M5) AND PLANNED ON LANDING THERE WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT LANDED JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT MOONTOWN. AS A RESULT OF THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.