- Date
- September 7, 1992, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Navarre, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35302Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920907035299A
- Case key
- 33130
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control after touchdown during the forced landing following partial loss of engine power during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the divertion of attention of the pilot in command to the airplane on the apch end of the rwy.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flt with the student plt flying the acft, the eng experienced a partial loss of power. The CFI took control of the acft & was advised by ATC that a grass airstrip was below. The flt circled while descending & the CFI asked on the UNICOM frequency if anyone was monitoring it but received no reply. While circling he observed an acft take off to the south & elected to land in that direction. While on a modified final apch, he observed an acft on the apch end of the rwy. After landing aprx 1/2 way down the 2,300 ft grass/sand rwy, the acft travelled off the rt side & collided with a tree. Exam of the eng revealed that the no. 2 cylinder exhaust valve failed near the radius of the seat. No determination could be made as to the reason for the failure. The eng had accumulated 1,840 hrs since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35302
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256701
- Airframe hours
- 4,088
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Final Approach, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Brekeen Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 14, 1992 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- 81J · Destin, FL
- Destination
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 1J9 · Ft. Walton Beach, runway 18, 2,300 × 65 ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 515 total · 115 in this make and model · 427 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 19 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 N35302 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.