# Accident 20240523007629A: Cessna 172RG, Boothville, LA, May 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2024, 18:22 local time
- Place: Boothville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3320° N, 89.4051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boothville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3320&lon=-89.4051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,773 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240523007629A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING FOR A FISH SPOTTING OPERATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. HE CHECKED HIS GAGES AND NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE. HE STARTED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND SAW AN ISLAND BEACH WHERE HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO SAND CAUSING IT TO SHEER REARWARD RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND LOSE OF OIL PRESSURE WAS A BROKEN OIL PRESSURE TRANSMITTER LINE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N751DW (3)

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

- [Incident 20161113018499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161113018499I), Nov 13, 2016: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Addison, TX, No damage. On 11/13/2016 at 1530 hours I received a call from the regional operations center concerning aircraft N751DW a ce 172 rg belonging to American flyers JM8S. I…
- [Incident 20150330005639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150330005639I), Mar 30, 2015: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Incident occurred involving student and instructor conducting after landing checks. The student inadvertently raised the landing gear handle when intending to…
- [Incident 20141110020109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141110020109I), Nov 10, 2014: Cessna 172RG (N751DW), Spring, TX, Minor damage. Three 25 hour servicing intervals of the landing gear hydraulic reservoir were not completed nor recorded in the maintenance logs. At an undetermined time, the…

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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