- Date
- October 6, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sandston, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N739PECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881006046049A
- Case key
- 11478
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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 said he was on final apch about 600 to 800 ft AGL when power loss occurred. He forced landed on an open field about 1/2 mi short of the rwy. The eng exam revealed that two teeth of the idler gear had separated. This resulted in a loss of continuity between the crankshaft, the camshaft, and the left magneto. Metallurgical exam disclosed that the teeth separated because of overload. The engine had been installed on another aircraft that was involved in an accident of which the details were not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739PE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270690
- Airframe hours
- 3,083
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randolph S. Scott
- Registered owner
- Randolph S Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- LWB · Lewisburg, VA
- Destination
- RIC · Sandston, VA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RIC · Byrd Intl, runway 2, 6,607 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 69 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 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.