- Date
- September 7, 1995, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prim, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2519UCessna 172D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950907029639A
- Case key
- 19581
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the pilot's inability to initiate a flare due to the fracture of the yoke assembly, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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
A pilot on a cross country flight experienced a loss of engine power during cruise flight. On short final to the field the pilot selected for the forced landing, the pilot's yoke broke on the pilot's hand and the airplane touched down in a nose down attitude. The nose gear collapsed and the right wing and fuselage sustained structural damage. The reasons for the loss of engine power and the fracture of the yoke assembly could not be determined.
Factual narrative
On September 7, 1995, at 1000 central daylight time, a Cessna 172D, N2519U, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Prim, Arkansas. The commercial pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a personal flight under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at North Little Rock (IMI), Arkansas, at 0920 CDT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight for which a flight plan was not filed.
According to the pilot, the airplane was in cruise flight en route to Calico Rock, Arkansas, when the engine started to loose power. After the pilot completed his emergency procedures and selected a field, the engine lost all power. The pilot further stated that on short final "the control wheel (yoke) broke off in my hand" and the airplane touched down "in a 10 to 20 degree nose down attitude."
The nose gear collapsed and the engine mount was damaged during touchdown. The right wing and the underside of the fuselage also sustained structural damage. The reason for the complete loss of engine power and the fracture of the yoke assembly could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2519U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250119
- Airframe hours
- 1,667
- Engine
- Continental O-360-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Bright Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1994
- Departed
- IMI · N. Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- Calico Rock, AR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,910 total · 450 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT
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 N2519U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.