Cessna 172B
FAA incident reports · 185
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Incident 19891014062659ICessna STC172 · Kenansville, FLRough engine and decreasing RPM. Landed on road. Suspect vapor lock from auto fuel.Incident 19890305017799ICessna STC172 · Hollywood, FLEngine fire on climbout. Dropped banner and landed. Put out fire with sand. Cracked muffler and exhaust caused fireAccident 19890225002659ACessna 172B · Unionville, IAEngine quit en route. Hit a ditch on forced landing. Carb heat box rigged improperly,partly open caused carb icingAccident 19881203053929ACessna 172B · Plano, TXRan out of fuel on climbout. Stalled, bounced into air, came down and nosed over. Landed to fuel, none available.Accident 19881029048839ACessna 172B · Columbus, OHBallooned on landing,told to lower nose ,did so and hit nose first. Severed nose gear,bounced and slid into a pickupIncident 19880926065429ICessna 172B · Hagerstown, MDWhile hand rotating engine it started. Aircraft broke away and smashed into embankment. Magneto ground was detachedAccident 19880314044899ACessna 172B · Elizabethton, TNThrottle set too high. Engine started by hand prop. Tail tiedown loosened. Aircraft rotated into parked aircraft.Incident 19880104007149ICessna 172B · Fort Wayne, INAircraft was tipped up onto its wing tip and propeller by a gust of wind taxiing for takeoff.Incident 19871205075659ICessna 172B · Hallendale, FLLow on fuel. Made a precautionary landing at a race track.Accident 19870622030419ACessna 172B · Belton, SCThe aircraft veered off the side of the runway after a bounced landing. The pilot reported a downdraft on final.Accident 19860526039949ACessna STC172 · Windermere, FLEngine failed inflight. Floatplane clipped trees during emergency landing. Engine regained power prior to touchdown.Accident 19860519018599ACessna 172B · Alamosa, COStudent on second solo flight bounced, lost control, ran off the runway and overturned.Incident 19851230076979ICessna 172B · West Chicago, ILUnknown mechanic taxied behind an MU2 doing a runup. Aircraft went up on nose causing propeller damage.Accident 19851228066861ACessna 172B · Caddo Mills, TXIndicates this aircraft made a straight in approach colliding with N5305A that was turning final. Neither saw otherIncident 19851018056989ICessna 172B · Kalispell, MTWhile doing maneuvers during training flight left control wheel broke. Safe landing.Accident 19851006049149ACessna 172B · Medford, OREngine quit while making a low pass due to fuel exhaustion. Left wing struck ground in turn. No auto fuel STC.Accident 19850725033789ACessna 172B · Lawtey, FLAlthough sumps drained, water still caused engine failure on aircraft, not flown in 2 years. Flown on ferry permit.Incident 19850623035799ICessna 172B · Norcross, GAEngine ran rough after flying thru rain shower. Pulled on carburetor heat, engine quit. Landed on road, no damage.Accident 19850622027169ACessna 172B · Imbler, ORFailed to clear fence then aborted the takeoff from a field. Aircraft struck a bale of hay and nosed over.Accident 19850424014389ACessna 172B · Brooksville, FLAdded power on final and no response. Landed short of runway and nose wheel collapsed.Accident 19850402009899ACessna 172B · Smith, NVWas seen doing low level aerobatics and buzzing just before crash. Impacted ground at steep angle.Accident 19850125001719ACessna 172B · Coushatta, LANose gear cocked for landing. Ground looped, flipped over. Nose gear strut improperly reinstalled after maintenanceAccident 19840413013049ACessna 172B · Walls, MSStudent pilot leveled off too high and stalled aircraft during solo practice landing.Incident 19840121002589ICessna 172D · Sjabeateles, NYRough engine. Landed on highway. Ice in strainer and carburetor. Aircraft sat out for six months without refueling.Incident 19830820047439ICessna 172B · Freeport, PALanded in a plowed field due to a rough engine. Found engine operated normally. Power loss due to carburetor icing.Incident 19830702051239ICessna 172B · Rocksprings, WYRan out of fuel en route. Landed in open sagebrush area.Accident 19830424015239ACessna 172B · Spearman, TXStudent lost control landing in a gusty wind. Aircraft left the runway and struck a ditch.Incident 19830226010359ICessna 172B · Garrison, MTStruck a powerline 70 feet above a highway. Pilot heard noise but unaware of strike until landing.Accident 19821023056369ACessna 172B · Homer, AKPilot was attempting touch and go landing on sandbar when aircraft hit log and flipped inverted in river.Incident 19820901052249ICessna 172B · Caribou Creek, AKLost directional control on landing. Sideload damaged gear and propeller.Incident 19820320018729ICessna 172B · Waycross, GAEngine quit en route. Landed on plowed, closed forestry strip. Found water and dirt in fuel.Accident 19820313003719ACessna 172B · Lancaster, CALost control on takeoff roll in gusty surface wind. Gusts exceeded pilot and aircraft capabilities.Incident 19820304015179ICessna 172B · Daytona Beach, FLPilot landed without a clearance from ATC. Another aircraft was on runway in takeoff position.Incident 19820126005589ICessna 172B · Enid, OKAirplane ground looped on taxiway in severe surface wind. Conditions not for student solo. Poor supervisionAccident 19810825069679ACessna 172A · Port Townsend, WAStudent on first solo. Bounced on landing, lost control on second bounce. Veered into parked auto.Accident 19810611032229ACessna 172A · Napaskiak, AKEngine quit on takeoff. Ditched in river. No engine defects. Conditions good for carbureator icing.Accident 19810514025249ACessna 172B · Labelle, FLFlew over friend's work-sight at tree-top level. Struck power-lines. Had buzzed area previously.Accident 19810410015799ACessna 172B · Dufuniak Spring, FLRough engine. Stalled clearing a fence on emergency landing. Broken gasculator gasket allowed air in system.Incident 19801017075099ICessna 172B · Chantilly, VAEngine lost power and made an emergency landing. No problems found, carburetor ice suspected.Accident 19800828039649ACessna 172G · Wabasso, FLAircraft crashed into mobile home. No reason was determined for the crash. Witness could hear no engine noise.Incident 19800611054259ICessna 172B · Trussville, ALPilot landed on highway after engine quit. Cause of engine problem not determined.Incident 19800111013509ICessna 172B · Rochelle, ILWhile taxiing, a gust of wind blew aircraft on its nose and wing tip. Another gust blew it on its back.Incident 19790919023869ICessna 172B · Kustetan, AKPilot attempted takeoff from wet 600 foot strip, aborted, overran strip. Nosed up in mud.Incident 19790914035479ICessna 172B · Woodburn, INPilot lost directional control during crosswind landing on farm field strip, ran into corn field. Causing damage.Accident 19790820028529ACessna 172B · Council Bluffs, IAStudent pilot. Smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Landed on taxiway, overshot, fliped over. Shorted power pack .Incident 19790617022149ICessna 172B · Bismarck, NDGusty wind lifted the aircraft up on a wing tip after touchdown.Accident 19790428023099ACessna 172 · Congo Town, BahamasHit trees while flying low over other aircraft accident sight.Accident 19790225003619ACessna 172B · Orlando, FLAfter landing the float equipped acft, the pilot allowed the psgr to open the door and walk on the float into prop.Accident 19781121034639ACessna 172D · Circle, MTPlt overshot apch. He knew fuel supply was low before dep from hinch strip. Acft hit fence.Accident 19781010031659ACessna 172D · St.Anthony, IDTkof from country road. Caught sage brush.
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