- Date
- August 12, 1991, 19:30 local (Aug 13, 1991, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Metropolis, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2339UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910813033689A
- Case key
- 15128
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Probable cause
Miscellaneous equipment not removed (foam rubber) and inadequate preflight by the pilot.
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 pilot said that after about 15 minutes of local flight the aircraft's engine began to over heat and then quit. An emergency landing was attempted in a rural wooded area resulting in substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. Post accident investigation revealed the pilot had failed to remove foam rubber from the air inlets prior to flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2339U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17249939
- Airframe hours
- 2,178
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elvis G. Mcginnis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1990 · 30 hours before
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 200 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- PAH, 10 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 N2339U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.