- Date
- January 5, 1990, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Astatula, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6290RCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900105000149A
- Case key
- 32611
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during a simulated forced landing.
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 an instructional flight, the instructor (CFI) positioned the fuel selector from both to the left tank, then reduced the throttle to idle, simulating eng failure. The student performed the emergency procedures to simulate restarting the eng, to include positioning the fuel selector to both. The student maneuvered the acft to the selected landing area. At about 300 ft AGL, the CFI was assured that the student could have landed in the selected area, so he took control of the acft & raised the flaps to 20 degs. During the climb out at about 400 ft, the eng quit running. The emergency checklist was followed, but the eng would not restart. During a forced landing in a field, the acft nosed over after touchdown. An exam of the eng revealed no evidence of a preimpact part failure or malfunction. When checked after the acdnt, the eng operated normally to about 1500 RPM, but was not operated to a higher RPM due to damage to the prop. The fuel selector handle was rotated & found to be worn, making the detent difficult to locate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6290R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Flyers
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 50 in this make and model · 721 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- PBI, 37 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 N6290R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.