- Date
- July 4, 1987, 19:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1162FCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870704032069A
- Case key
- 7471
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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
During approach the pilot noticed that he was too high and fast for a normal approach. He reduced power and slowed the aircraft and increased the descent rate to attempt the landing. When he attempted to add power and arrest the increasing descent rate the engine failed to respond. The pilot reported that he applied carburetor heat after the lack of response. The conditions were such that serious ice build up could be expected. No mechanical problems were found with the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1162F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254757
- Airframe hours
- 3,982
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W. H. Buttrill
- Registered owner
- William H Buttrill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- W29 · Chester, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FAY · Fayetteville Municipal, runway 22, 7,204 × 195 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 596 total · 438 in this make and model · 521 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.