# NTSB investigations: Cessna R172E: Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN01LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA029.md): Cessna 172E · Salt Lake City, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 2000 · N96024 · Substantial damage
  > the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing. A factor was a total power loss due to a connecting rod failure.
- [NTSB DEN93LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA018.md): Cessna 172E · Ramah, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1992 · N3196F · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to mechanical failure of the number one connecting rod. A factor was: a forced landing onto unsuitable terrain.
- [NTSB FTW83FPJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FPJ02.md): Cessna R172E · Little, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 15, 1983 · N70HP · Substantial damage
  > The acft had been landed twice to check for leaking fluid on the windshield. When the fuel pressure went to zero and theengine quit the leak was confirmed to be acft fuel. During a forced landing the acft struck a fence and the nose gear collapsed. The…
- [NTSB ANC83FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA059.md): Cessna T-41B (R-172E) · Healy, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1983 · N65104 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that while cruising at 4000 ft MSL, the eng power began to fluctuate, then this was followed by a banging noise, rough eng operation & a decline in power output. He had turned to land into the wind when the eng power increased & stabilized.…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072413')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 351))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072413&occurrence=351

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