- Date
- March 6, 1982, 16:06 local (Mar 7, 1982, 00:06 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N734GHCessna 172N
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820306002459A
- Case key
- 71554
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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 pilot was on a solo cross-country flight in preparation for his commercial pilot certificate. He had begun a descent from 10,500 ft for landing at his destination airport when the engine quit. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful and a forced landing was made on a highway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734GH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68839
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James G. Liston
- Registered owner
- James F. Hatfield
- Departed
- Deming, NM
- Destination
- Casa Grande, AZ
- 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 54 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.