# NTSB ERA25LA345: Cessna 172, N345QA, Williston, FL, September 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 13, 2025, 07:33 local (11:33 UTC)
- Place: Williston, FL · Airport Property
- Coordinates: 29.35057, -82.478596 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3506&lon=-82.4786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201000
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA345
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201000/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA345

## Preliminary report

On September 13, 2025, about 0733 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172G, N345QA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Williston, Florida. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that the flight departed Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), Orlando, Florida, about 0600 with 17 gallons of fuel onboard, overflew Cross City Airport (CTY), Cross City, Florida, and was scheduled to land at Williston Regional Airport (X60), Williston, Florida. About 1.5 hours after departure, while the airplane transitioned from the base leg to the final leg of the airport traffic pattern for runway 05 at X60, the engine experienced a momentary loss of power, followed shortly thereafter by a total loss of power. The pilot was unable to restore power to the engine and performed a forced landing to a field. During the landing roll, the nose landing gear collapsed, the airplane nosed over and came to rest in a grass field about 0.25-mile from the approach end of runway 05. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing strut. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172G, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cessna 172G, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 172G, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N345QA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345QA), registered now, S/N 17253628, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (G)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253628
- Year built: 1965
- Airframe hours: 4535.8
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: N345qa LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 2025, 18.34 hours before
- Departed: KORL, Orlando, FL
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: X60, Williston Rgnl, runway 05, 6,669 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: X60, 1 nm away
- METAR: KX60 131135Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM SCT055 19/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T01910181

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