- Date
- April 25, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alexandria, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80269Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880425015279A
- Case key
- 13912
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aircraft experienced intermittent engine operation while on final, followed by complete engine failure on landing rollout. Pilot noticed smoke entering cockpit during restart attempt. Aircraft was evacuated by pilot and three passengers. There was an engine compartment fire. The carburetor bowl had separated from the carburetor base allowing fuel to freely flow into the engine compartment. The threads in the carburetor bowl were stripped. At the last annual inspection, 96 operating hours prior to this occurrence, maintenance was performed on the carburetor to tighten the screws which secure the bowl to the base.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80269
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266487
- Airframe hours
- 2,782
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Circle City Hawks, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1987 · 96 hours before
- Airport
- I99 · Alexandria, runway 9, 2,590 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 410 total · 385 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.