- Date
- June 17, 1986, 18:11 local (23:11 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52565Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860617025459A
- Case key
- 13473
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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 CFI and sp were returning from a transition. Enroute the #3 exhaust valve push rod failed. When the CFI smelled 'something burning' she shut down the engine. During the descent struck power lines. Acft ld in swampy terrain and nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52565
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274555
- Airframe hours
- 1,642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mesaba Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 4, 1986 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- GPZ · Grand Rapids, MN
- Destination
- GPZ · Grand Rapids, MN
- Airport
- GPZ · Itasca County
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,120 total · 708 in this make and model · 1,050 as pilot in command · 238 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIB, 31 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.
Other investigations on N52565 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.