- Date
- July 15, 1988, 14:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- Palmdale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46373Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880715026899A
- Case key
- 26057
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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
While cruising at 9500 feet, the pilot noted that the oil pressure was low. Shortly after, the engine quit. The pilot turned toward an airport, however, the airplane was landed short of the runway and nosed over in soft sand during the landing roll. Inspection of the airplane revealed that a considerable amount of oil had traveled aft on the lower engine cowling, emanating from the nose gear area. The engine had undergone an annual inspection on the day of the accident and had flown less than 1 hr. Examination of the engine revealed that the oil heat sensor probe was finger tight and the oil had leaked from that area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46373
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257223
- Airframe hours
- 2,978
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reid, Dick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1988
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Destination
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport
- PMD · Palmdale, runway 22, 12,000 × 15 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 288 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.