- Date
- September 13, 1992, 13:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place
- Geneseo, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N738KXCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920913039129A
- Case key
- 15548
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Probable cause
The pilot's attempted operation of the airplane with a known defficiency in the equipment.
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 student pilot elected to takeoff and continue a cross country flight with one magneto disabled. During the flight the engine began running rough. The pilot was vectored toward an airport. The engine stopped running during approach. The airplane landed long and overran the runway. A loose magneto 'p' lead was found during a post accident inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738KX
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270048
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviators
- Registered owner
- Casimer A. Kolasa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992
- Departed
- BRL · Burlington, IA
- Destination
- SQI · Sterling, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IS37 · Gen-Air Park, runway 27, 2,600 × 145 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 12 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.