- Date
- August 30, 1987, 17:30 local (Aug 31, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sonora, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737SLCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870830079259A
- Case key
- 25677
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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
During a pleasure flt the engine suddenly lost partial power. The plt made a forced landing in a parking lot where the aircraft touched down and collided with a fence that borders the lot. The engine was inspected and test run for approx 20 minutes at different power settings with no discrepancies noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737SL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269639
- Airframe hours
- 980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gates, Bennett E.
- Registered owner
- Gates, Bennett E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 022 · Columbia, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 182 in this make and model · 235 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.