- Date
- July 18, 1986, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Whiting, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54069Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860718034579A
- Case key
- 31676
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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 private pilot of a rented Cessna 172P experienced an engine failure after flying 4.7 hours on a cross country flight. During the landing roll the nose gear failed in rough terrain. No fuel was found in the aircraft fuel tanks or lines during recovery and the engine was test run and ran satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54069
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274867
- Airframe hours
- 2,189
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ferguson Flying Service,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1986 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- ANB · Anniston, AL
- Destination
- 82J · Pensacola, FL
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 15 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 26 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.