# NTSB CHI83LA015: Cessna 172, N758QX, Sacred Heset, MN, October 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1982, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Sacred Heset, MN
- Coordinates: 44.779155, -95.350914 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7792&lon=-95.3509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72453/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA015

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO PHOTOGRAPH FARMS, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A BEAN FIELD THAT WAS SOFT FROM RECENT RAINS. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, ABOUT 5 GAL OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN EACH TANK. AN EXAMINATION AND RUN-UP OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT, MERCHANICAL FAILURES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N758QX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758QX), registered now, S/N R1723286, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1723286
- Airframe hours: 796
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-KB 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Ryan Aviation
- Registered owner: Ryan Aviation
- Departed: LSE, LA CROSSE, WI
- Destination: 7MNO, SACRED HESET, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,800 total, 652 in this make and model, 2,690 as pilot in command, 275 in the last 90 days, 140 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19821014052869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821014052869A), Oct 14, 1982: Cessna R172K, Sacred Heart, MN, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit for unknown reasons.

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.

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