# Accident 20240414004649A: Cessna R172E, Rocky Mount, NC, April 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2024, 21:30 local time
- Place: Rocky Mount, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9293° N, 77.8150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9293&lon=-77.8150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,019 total, 551 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240414004649A

## Narrative

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

ROCKY MOUNT, NC: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C172, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE

FAILURE AND CRASHED IN THE INTERSECTION OF PAUL ST

AND W RALEIGH BLVD. AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES

AND A BUS STOP DURING THE CRASH. POB: 1, INJURIES:

NONE, AIRCRAFT DESTROYED

## 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 ERA24LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA179), Apr 15, 2024: Cessna R172 (N3FR), Rocky Mount, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot and mechanic’s failure to identify and completely eliminate the water and debris contamination present in the airplane’s fuel system before embarking on the flight, which resulted in a…

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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