- Date
- June 16, 1988, 22:30 local (Jun 17, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mora, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7499GCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880616024679A
- Case key
- 13888
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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
Drg flt, one of the plts demonstrated a negative 'g' maneuver by entering a climb, then making a 'push over' to a descent. He throttled back on the back side of the maneuver to maintain airspeed. When the throttle was readvanced, there was no eng response. Emergency procedures were initiated, but the eng would not restart. Subsequently, a night landing was made in a wooded area & the acft was extensively damaged. Little fuel was found remaining in the acft, but fuel had drained from the fuel system after the acdnt. During a check of the magnetos, one provided no spark & the other provided only a weak spark. The magnetos were disassembled; both were found to have loose distributor blocks. Also, large amounts of carbon had built up in both magneto cases, although no trace of carbon arcing was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7499G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259199
- Airframe hours
- 5,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Moon/Wolf Air Service
- Registered owner
- Glenn Richard Huff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 22, 1987 · 134 hours before
- Departed
- 19D · Mora, MN
- Destination
- 19D
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,362 total · 123 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.