- Date
- September 9, 2021, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL · Past departure end rwy 23 at VNC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N782JACessna 172S
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR final approach: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20210909013089A
- Case key
- 103865
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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Probable cause
Maintenance personnel’s failure to use the correct throttle linkage hardware when reinstalling the engine, resulting in a disconnection of the throttle during flight.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the descent for landing, the engine did not respond when he attempted to level off and increase power. Further attempts to adjust the throttle were unsuccessful and engine rpm remained at 1,900. As the airplane was over the runway, the pilot was unable to slow it down, so he forced the nose down onto the grass that was beyond the runway end. After the airplane touched down, it bounced twice, collided with a fence, and nosed over. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and passenger were unhurt. The Federal Aviation Administration inspector who responded to the scene confirmed the substantial damage and found that the connecting hardware for the linkage between the fuel injector servo and the throttle cable were missing. The missing bolt, washer, and nut were subsequently found loose, inside the engine cowling; however, the nut was inconsistent with the nut required by the aircraft illustrated parts manual. The engine had been overhauled and reinstalled about 50 operating hours before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N782JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10560
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 11,298
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Florida Flight Training Center
- Registered owner
- Florida Flight Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 2021 · 50 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- VNC · Venice Muni, runway 05/23, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 6, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 86 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KVNC
- METAR
- KVNC 091355Z AUTO 24011KT 8SM SCT022 SCT029 BKN039 30/25 A2998 RMK AO2
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 28, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.