# NTSB ERA17WA271: Cessna 172, Khuzhir, Russia, July 16, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2017, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Khuzhir, Russia
- Coordinates: 53.201389, 107.338333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.2014&lon=107.3383&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95783
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA271
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95783/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA271

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 16, 2017, at 1300 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172M, Russian registration RA-2842G, ditched into Lake Baikal, near Khuzhir, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia, after a total loss of engine power. The airplane incurred substantial damage during the ditching. The pilot was uninjured. Three passengers were seriously injured. The local flight departed Kharantsy, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia, and was conducted under Russian flight regulations.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee of Russia. Further information can be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel.: (095) 953-12-44 Fax: (095) 953-35-08 E-mail: mak@mak.ru http://www.mak.ru This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Russian Federation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-2842G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265924
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Kharantsy
- Destination: Kharantsy
- Equipment: Stall warning system

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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