- Date
- February 18, 1996, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N166FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960218001949A
- Case key
- 3694
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Probable cause
loss of engine power during takeoff for undetermined reason(s). A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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 stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. During takeoff from a touch-ang-go, the engine lost power, and a forced landing was made in a wet field at the end of the runway. During the landing, the airplane was substantially damaged. A postcrash inspection was performed, but no engine problem was found. The temperature and dew point were 64 and 29 degrees F, respectively. According to icing probability charts, conditions were conducive for carburetor ice at glide and cruise power; however, carburetor ice was not verified.
Factual narrative
On February 18, 1996, at 1455 central daylight time, a Cessna 172, N166F was substantially damaged following a collision with terrain during a forced landing near Jackson, Mississippi. The private pilot received minor injuries in the accident. The airplane was being operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 by Capitol Front End Service of Jackson, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed for the local, personal flight. The flight departed Jackson at 1415.
The pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. During an attempted takeoff, the engine lost power, and he was forced to execute an emergency landing in a wet field at the end of the runway. The airplane impacted the wet field, and was substantially damaged.
A post crash inspection was performed of the induction and ignition systems, with no problems found. An icing probability chart indicates that conditions were conducive to carburetor ice at glide and cruise power with visible ice present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N166F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36987
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Capitol Front End Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HKS
- Airport
- HKS · Hawkins Field, runway 29, 4,822 × 150 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 440 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 10 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.