- Date
- April 12, 1987, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9563VCessna 172 M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870412044219A
- Case key
- 7409
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was practicing t/o & ldgs. During the 2nd ldg, the plt reptd retarding throttle to idle and eng dying during roll-out. A restart was accomplished and another t/o comp. Again during ldg. Eng stopped during roll out. This time, the restart attempt was not successful. After a period of cranking, during which the throttle was pumped at least once, the plt noted smoke & fumes from behind inst panle. He turned off elec equip and got out of acft. He noted fire around nose strut and then reptd turning off fuel sel valve. He was unable to ext. Fire and acft was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9563V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-64365
- Airframe hours
- 1,190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oscarr C. Mack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- 3J1 · Ridgeland Municipal, runway 21, 3,100 × 70 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 5 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.