- Date
- October 26, 1984, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54729Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841026060799A
- Case key
- 31309
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed in a field after experiencing an eng failure in cruise flt. Investigation revealed the accident occurredon the return leg of a x-country flt. The plt stated he visually checked the acft fuel tanks prior to departure and estimated ample fuel aboard for the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54729
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275040
- Airframe hours
- 2,005
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orlando Aero Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1984 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- 49J · Hilton Head, SC
- Destination
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 516 total · 66 in this make and model · 453 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 45 nm away
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 N54729 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.