- Date
- November 13, 1988, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Riverton, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8045BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881113050449A
- Case key
- 17640
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The instructor reported closing the throttle to simulate an engine failure, during a training flight. The student added carburetor heat first, instead of establishing a proper glide. The instructor removed carburetor heat and advised the student of the desired sequence. The instructor added carb heat, opened the throttle slightly, and cleared the engine during descent. The student selected a field for the simulated forced landing. The instructor added power to recover at 300 ft AGL. The engine accelerated to partial power then 'cut out.' The instructor tried twice more to restore full power to no avail. A forced landing was made in a beet field, 10 miles southwest of the destination. At touchdown, the nose wheel hit a ditch and was sheared off. The acft traveled 200 feet, nosed over and came to rest inverted. A post accident engine run by an FAA inspector failed to reveal evidence to explain the reported loss of power. The temp was 41, and the dew point was 27.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8045B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29845
- Airframe hours
- 2,226
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Britt, Timothy J., Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1988 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- LND · Lander, WY
- Destination
- RIW · Riverton, WY
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,147 total · 100 in this make and model · 991 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIW, 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.