# Incident 20220906015149I: Cessna 172P, Weiner, AR, September 6, 2022 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 6, 2022, 19:50 local time - Place: Weiner, AR - Airport: Sally Wofford - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.5903° N, 90.9137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALLY WOFFORD (8M2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5903&lon=-90.9137&mi=10 - Aircraft: N63456, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63456) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220906015149I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT STATED HE CONDUCTED A PREFLIGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT PHYSICALLY CHECKING FUEL BEFORE FLIGHT, TANKS WERE FULL. HE REPORTED ENGINE WAS HARD TO START, CALLED MX TO ASSIST WITH STARTING. MECHANIC SAID ENGINE WAS FLOODED, HELPPED TO GET IT STARTED. MECHANIC STATED HE RAN ENGINE AFTER STARTING MAKING SURE ALL INDICATIONS WERE GOOD. HE SAID AMP METER SHOWED POSITIVE AND BATTERY WAS CHARGING. PILOT ACCEPTED AIRCRAFT AND WENT ON WITH THE FLIGHT, DID A TOUCH AND GO AT THE AIRPORT MAKING SURE ENGINE AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE OK THEN CONTIUED ON. HAD NO ISSUES FOR FIRST 30 TO 40 MIN THEN NOTICED FUEL GUAGES SHOWING LESS THAN 30 MIN FUEL. TURNED BACK TO JONESBORO AT THAT TIME. THEN LOST RADIO POWER, FOLLOWED BY ATTITUDE AND GPS INDICATORS. HE STATED ATTITUDE INDICATOR WENT INTO RESERVE BATTERY MODE. PILOT DOUBLE CHECKED ALL CIRCUT BREAKERS NONE WERE POPPED AND HE NEVER GOT LOW VOLTAGE INDICATION. HE SAID HE THOUGHT ENGINE WAS GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, BEGAN ENGINE OUT PROCEDURE. LOCATED AIRSTRIP 8M2, CHOSE TO LAND AND BEGAN DECENT FROM 3500FT CIRCLING AIRFEILD. AT 2500FT BEGAN TURN TO RUNWAY. STATED HE KNEW HE WAS TOO HIGH SO HE SLIPPED THE AIRCAFT TO LOOSE ALITUDE AND SPEED, SAID AT 800FT REALIZED HE WAS TO FAST FOR THE APPROACH CAME OUT OF SLIP AND DEPLOYED FLAPS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, SAID HE FELT NO CHANGE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSUMED FLAPS WERE INOP. HE WANTED TO GO AROUND BUT LOST FAITH IN THE ENGINE. HE SAID IT NEVER SPUTTERED RAN ROUGH OR SHOWED ANY INDICATION OF AN ISSUE HE JUST DIDNT TRUST IT TO MAKE A GO AROUND. HE TOUCHED DOWN WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED OVER HALFWAY DOWN THE 2500FT RUNWAY, BEGAN TO BOUNCE. ATTEMPETED MAX BRAKING WITHOUT LOCKING THE WHEELS. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. AFTER PASSING END OF RUNWAY NOTICED A DITCH IN FRONT OF THEM IMMEDIATELY PULLED UP, THE PLANE LEFT THE GROUND ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE DITCH, SETTLED BACK DOWN IN THE BEAN FEILD GOING ROUGHLY 50 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THIS IS WHERE I SAW THE AIRACRFT AT THE SCENE. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT. THERE WAS NO PROP DAMAGE. THE PASSENGER STATED, ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AT SOME POINT AFTER TOUCH DOWN BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE DITCH. I TURNNED THE MASTER SWITCH ON, BOTH TANKS INDICATED JUST BELOW 60GAL. I TURNED ON THE GARMIN AVIONICS THEY POWERED UP, THE RADIO AND TRANSPONDER POWERED UP AFTER THE AVIONICS SWITCH WAS TURNED ON THEN WENT BACK OFF AFTER LESS THEN A MIN. I CHECKED INSIDE BOTH FUEL TANKS AND THEY WERE FULL. HAD AIRCRAFT TOWED FROM FIELD. THE ONLY DAMAGE FOUND WAS THE NOSE WHEEL FORK CRACKED. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RADIO HAD WENT OUT ON A FLIGHT THE WEEK PRIOR AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE BUT REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ORDERED NEW ALTERNATOR TO BE SAFE. ONCE TOWED OUT MECHANIC REMOVED COWLING STARTED ENGINE AND IT RAN SMOOTH THROUGH ALL POWER SETTINGS. AMP METER SHOWED POSITIVE READING AND ALL AVIONICS WERE OPERATING. MECHANIC SAID THE PLANE HAD FLOWN WITHOUT ISSUE BEFORE THIS FLIGHT AND THE ALTERNATOR HAD COME IN BUT HAD NOT INSTALLED IT YET. REGISTRATION AND AWC WERE ON BOARD AND CURRENT. MX LOG SHOWED CURRENT 100HR INSP AND ANNUAL. MECHANIC SAID THEY WOULD BE DOING AN ENITRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECK ON THE AIRCRAFT AND REPLACE THE NOSE FORK AND STRUT. ## Other reports on N63456 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19940415007969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940415007969A), Apr 15, 1994: Cessna 172P (N63456), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control first solo in strong crosswind. Hit windsock pole. Too much wind for a first solo student. 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. 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