- Date
- September 12, 1987, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Jefferson, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84352Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870912051799A
- Case key
- 13825
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was en route on a personal cross country flight when it experienced an engine failure and was forced to make an emergency landing in an alfalfa field. The aircraft landed long and collided with a telephone pole and fence at the end of the field. The engine failure was due to an exhaust valve which separated and entered the combustion chamber, severely damaging the piston and cylinder head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84352
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258437
- Airframe hours
- 1,942
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan Wulff
- Registered owner
- Allan P. Wulff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- AEL · Albert Lea, MN
- Destination
- C59 · Delavan, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 25 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 N84352 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.