# Incident 20230702010569I: Cessna 172P, Jacksonville, FL, July 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2023, 08:50 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5FFS
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64181, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64181) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 69 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230702010569I

## Narrative

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

AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT WITH TWO STUDENTS ONBOARD DEPARTED FORM THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL AIRPORT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT TO ATLANTA, FOLLOWED BY A STOP IN JACKSONVILLE AND TO RETURN TO SGJ. THEY STATED THEY RECEIVED FUEL IN ATLANTA AND SUMPED THE TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND HEADED TOWARD JACKSONVILLE. THE CREW WAS PERFORMED PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES INTO JAX. UPON APPROACH THE STUDENT BEGAN THE APPROACH AND THEN COMPLETED A TOUCH AND GO AND BEGAN THE CLIMB OUT TO A HEADING OF 140. SOMEWHERE AROUND 700 FEET, THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE RPM BEGAN TO DROP TO AROUND 1500 RPM WHEN IT WAS LAST VERIFIED. HE THEN TOOK CONTROL BACK FROM THE STUDENT AND HEADED BACK TO JAX. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE A LOWER THAN REQUIRED ALTITUDE AND LOOKED FOR AN ALTERNATE LANDING SPOT. HE STATED THAT A SMALL ROAD WAS USED AND DURING LANDING THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE BRANCH OBSTRUCTING THE ROAD AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO BASE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AT THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE PERFORMED SEVERAL INSPECTIONS TO INCLUDE THE VENTS, SPARK PLUGS, PERFORMED A COMPRESSION TEST, BORESCOPE THE ENGINE, CHANGED THE OIL AFTER INSPECTING IT FOR METAL CONSUMPTION. FINALLY, PERSONNEL CHECKED THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONS AS WELL AS THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER ALL OF WHICH WERE SATISFACTORY. MULTIPLE ENGINE RUNS WERE PERFORMED WITH ALL INDICATIONS WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISOLATED TO THE WING TIP AND DEEMED MINOR DAMAGE AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. IT IS THIS INSPECTOR’S OPINION AND THAT OF THE MAINTENANCE CREW AFTER A THOROUGH INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS THAT, ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO FUEL DEPLETION THEREFORE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO PERFORM IRREGULAR REQUIRING AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING.

## Other reports on N64181 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920407012289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920407012289I), Apr 7, 1992: Cessna 172P (N64181), Atlanta, GA. Pilot stated aircraft encountered severe turbulence. Door came open. Suspect knee board may have hit door latch

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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