- Date
- October 17, 1991, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Maple Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97984Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911017046869A
- Case key
- 15334
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
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 reported a total loss of engine power while climbing through 1,500' AGL. He was unable to restart the engine and made a forced landing I a plowed field. Post crash inspection disclosed ample fuel and no mechanical anomalies with the engine or airframe. The carburetor air box was crushed during the accident. Once the damaged air box was replace, the engine ran normally. The pilot said the engine had run fine for the 30 minutes he had flown prior to the loss of power. Icing probability charts for the existing weather conditions place the likelihood of carburetor icing as minimal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97984
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-02T, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crystal Shamrock, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1991 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- Y33 · Maple Lake, MN
- Destination
- 57Y · Sandstone, MN
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 6 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 16 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Observed at
- STC, 7 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 N97984 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.