# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172L: Loss of engine power

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 SEA07CA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA096.md): Cessna 172L · North Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 7, 2007 · N1079M · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the sign.
- [NTSB DEN06LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA014.md): Cessna 172L · Rock Springs, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 2005 · N2870Q · Substantial damage
  > the loss of engine power for reasons undetermined. Contributing to the accident was the dark night and lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
- [NTSB ATL05CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA016.md): Cessna 172 · Mobile, AL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 29, 2004 · N2845Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent collision with the ground.
- [NTSB ATL01LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA062.md): Cessna 172L · Picayune, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 2001 · N18PF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inflight fuel planning /decision that resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power. A factor was the failure of the fuel transfer pump.
- [NTSB FTW95LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA295.md): Cessna 172L · Porter, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1995 · N3967Q · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed resulting in overshooting the landing.
- [NTSB CHI88DEP04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEP04.md): Cessna 172L · West Bend, WI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 6, 1988 · N7089Q · Substantial damage
  > After 30 minutes of local flight, on a dark night, the pilot increased the throttle setting after selecting approach flaps. There was no response from the engine. A forced landing was initiated and the aircraft collided with trees and terrain. A subsequent…
- [NTSB LAX85FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA025.md): Cessna 172L · Westmoreland, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 1984 · N3890Q · Destroyed
  > According to the plt, he was descending to land at his intended when the acft encountered turbulence & the eng lost power. He was unable to restart the eng & subsequently landed in a freshly irregated field. During the landing, the acft touched down while…
- [NTSB NYC83FHD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FHD04.md): Cessna 172L · Atlantic City, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 2, 1983 · N9862G · Substantial damage
  > The plt made 2 attempts to takeoff. On the second attempt, the acft lifted off to about 30 ft. the plt stated that the eng lost RPM (from 2450 to 1700 RPM), so he aborted the takeoff. The acft porpoised about 3 times & continued off the end of the rwy & came…

## 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 ('2072432')
    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" = 350))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072432&occurrence=350

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