- Date
- December 27, 1992, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ramah, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3196FCessna 172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921227051729A
- Case key
- 18266
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Probable cause
A total loss of engine power due to mechanical failure of the number one connecting rod. A factor was: a forced landing onto unsuitable terrain.
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
While in cruise flight, on a local area personal flight, the engine failed due to a failure of the number one connecting rod. A forced landing was conducted to rough and uneven terrain and the aircraft nosed over during landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3196F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R172-0218
- Airframe hours
- 8,163
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peterson Afb Flying Club
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 27, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colo Spring, CO
- Destination
- COS
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 80 in this make and model · 235 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 35 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 N3196F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.