- Date
- August 11, 1991, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- King City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7910XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910811033219A
- Case key
- 27324
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power in cruise flight due to the failure of the number 3 cylinder exhaust valve, resulting in a forced landing, and subsequent nose over on landing roll out.
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 in cruise flight when the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. A forced landing was conducted to a field. On landing roll out the airplane contacted high vegetation and nosed over. Examination of the aircraft engine by the FAA revealed the number 3 cylinder exhaust valve failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7910X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1724841D
- Airframe hours
- 2,548
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary C. Crowe
- Registered owner
- Gary C. Crowe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1990 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Destination
- SZP · Santa Paula, 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
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 55 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N7910X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.