- Date
- March 22, 2010, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7871NCessna R172E
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20100322033629A
- Case key
- 76109
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
An unknown event that resulted in damage to the airplane's firewall.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Damage to the airplane's firewall was discovered during a 100-hour inspection. The airplane belongs to an aero club and was rented by several pilots prior to the damage being discovered; consequently, the operator could not determine when the airplane was damaged.
Factual narrative
Damage to the airplane's firewall was discovered during a 100-hour inspection. The airplane belongs to an aero club and was rented by several pilots prior to the damage being discovered; consequently, the operator could not determine when the airplane was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7871N
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R172-0262
- Airframe hours
- 15,500
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-360 SER, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- United States Air Force-Owner
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force-Owner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 22, 2010 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- HMN · Alamogordo, NM
- Destination
- HMN · Alamogordo, NM
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- HMN · Holloman Air Force Base, runway 22
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
- 0
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 3, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 18 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.