- Date
- May 22, 1993, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1497VCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930522033529A
- Case key
- 3213
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Probable cause
Failure of the aircraft engine to produce power for unknown reasons.
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 pilot reported that when he attempted to add power, while on short final for the runway, the engine would not respond. Examination of the aircraft engine did not reveal any mechanical problems. There was fuel in the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 22, 1993, at about 1610 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172, N1497V was substantially damaged following a collision with a fence and terrain during an emergency landing at Athens, Tennessee. Neither the private pilot nor his passenger were injured in the accident. The aircraft was owned by Athens Air Incorporated of Athens, Tennessee, and being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Murfreesboro, Tennessee at about 1500, and was destined for Athens, Tennessee.
The pilot reported that during his turn from base to final for landing at Athens, the engine lost power and he was forced to execute an emergency landing short of the runway. The aircraft hit a fence short of the runway, and flipped over.
Examination of the aircraft engine did not reveal any mechanical problems. There was fuel in the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1497V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263627
- Airframe hours
- 3,855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Newman, Andrew T.
- Registered owner
- Athens Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1993 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- MBT · Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport
- MMI · Mcminn County, runway 2, 4,700 × 75 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 140 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 25 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.