# NTSB CHI07LA266: Cessna 172M, N13586, Marine City, MI, August 11, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 11, 2007, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Marine City, MI - Coordinates: 42.7208333333333, -82.5955555555555 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7208&lon=-82.5956&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA Detroit FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 66629 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07LA266 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66629/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA266 ## Probable cause A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors contributing to the accident were the insufficient runway remaining and the soft terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, go-around (vfr) - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - Overrun, emergency landing - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - other (contributing factor) - Nose over, emergency landing - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor) ## Analysis The certified flight instructor (CFI) reported that he was providing flight instruction on takeoffs and landings to the student pilot. He reported that during the accident approach, the airplane was at a height of 20 feet over the displaced threshold with power at idle and the airspeed at 65 knots. He reported that he determined that a go-around was necessary when the airplane was about halfway down the runway. The CFI took control of the airplane, applied power, and pushed the carburetor heat in simultaneously. He reported that the engine sputtered so he executed a forced landing to the runway. The airplane departed the runway and nosed over in the soft terrain. The student pilot reported that on the last landing, "The power was pushed in and the plane did not respond as expected. So we had to land and roll off of the runway." The engine was removed from the airframe and an engine run was conducted. The engine started and operated within its RPM ranges. ## Factual narrative On August 11, 2007, at 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N13586, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing to runway 22 (3,100 feet by 60 feet, asphalt) at the Marine City Airport (76G), Marine City, Michigan, when it over ran the runway and nosed over. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were not injured. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight departed 76G at 1445 on a local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed. The CFI reported that he was providing flight instruction on takeoffs and landings to the student pilot, and that the student pilot was having difficulty holding runway centerline and using proper descent technique during normal approaches to landing. He reported that during the accident approach, the airplane was at a height of 20 feet over the displaced threshold with power at idle and the airspeed at 65 knots. He reported that he determined that a go-around was necessary when the airplane was about halfway down the runway. The CFI took control of the airplane, applied power, and pushed the carburetor heat in simultaneously. He reported that the engine sputtered so he executed a forced landing to the runway. The airplane departed the runway and nosed over in the soft terrain. The student pilot reported that on the last landing, "The power was pushed in and the plane did not respond as expected. So we had to land and roll off of the runway." She reported that the airplane struck some soft soil and subsequently nosed over. A witness reported that he observed the airplane make several approaches and landings. He reported that each approach crossed the threshold at an elevation higher and much faster than typical. He observed that the airplane was about 75 feet above the displaced threshold with the power pulled back to idle during the accident approach. He reported that the airplane was about 25 feet above ground level (agl) when it was about halfway down the runway, and then it settled to the runway. He saw a "puff of blue/white smoke" that he assumed came from the airplane's tires. The engine was removed from the airframe and an engine run was conducted under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight. The engine started and operated within its RPM ranges. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13586](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13586), registered now, S/N 17262860, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172M - Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17262860 - Airframe hours: 4583 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E20 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Marine City Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 2007 - Departed: 76G, Marine City, MI - Airport: 76G, Marine City, runway 22, 3,100 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 47; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: right; flight hours: 2,360 total, 400 in this make and model, 2,205 as pilot in command, 95 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 37; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft broken - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 30.79 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070811019879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070811019879A), Aug 11, 2007: Cessna 172M, Marine City, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted a landing and elected to perform a go-around and stated that the engine "sputtered." The aircraft ran out of runway and went off the… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.