- Date
- July 7, 1987, 20:44 local (Jul 8, 1987, 01:44 UTC)
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8485LCessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870707032629A
- Case key
- 22396
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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 plt rprtd that after taking off to practice touch & go lndgs, the eng lost pwr. He atmtd to make a forced lndg on the arpt, but was unable. While lndg short of the rwy, the acft hit the top of a tree & the arpt security fence. Maintenance had just been performed on the acft. An exam of the eng revealed that the oil temperature 'bulb' had inadvertently been left out of the oil filter. Subsequently, oil was pumped overboard & the eng seized due to oil exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8485L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256685
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Emile L Salles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- BTR
- Airport
- BTR · Baton Rouge, runway 4, 6,900 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 75 in this make and model · 128 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.