- Date
- November 8, 1985, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52995Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851108058019A
- Case key
- 21952
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Analysis
On November 7, 1985, at approximately 1740 CDT, Cessna 172P, registration no. N52995, sustained substantial damage. Pilot stated that he was in cruise configuration at 5,500 feet, when Lycoming engine model O-260-D2J, serial no. L-10724-39A, lost power. Pilot attempted to land in the east bound lanes of I-20, but due to the heavy traffic, was forced to land in the median of I-20, 15 miles west of Monroe, Louisiana. Upon landing the aircraft flipped over damaging the propeller, right gear, nose gear, vertical stab and both wings. Mr stewart was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52995
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274655
- Airframe hours
- 2,341
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cathron Aviation
- Registered owner
- Truman Blankenship
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 31, 1985 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Destination
- Thomasville, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 134 total · 100 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 15 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 N52995 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.