- Date
- August 25, 1983, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N192ARCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830825043839A
- Case key
- 21025
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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
The acft collided with a utility pole after the engine lost power shortly after takeoff. The plt reported he was cruising at 300 ft AGL on a pipeline patrol when the engine began to lose power. The plt made a forced landing and collided with a utility pole. Examination of the engine after the accident revealed the carburetor venturi lodged in the# 2 cylinder intake port.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N192AR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272016
- Airframe hours
- 2,403
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Richfield Pipeline Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1983 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- T41 · La Porte, TX
- Airport
- T41 · La Porte
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,412 total · 800 in this make and model · 3,342 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.