- Date
- January 8, 1987, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72516Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870108000489A
- Case key
- 34333
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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 airplane was being ferried when the engine failed. The only available field had cattle, hills and trees. On landing roll the pilot had to brake hard to avoid trees. The airplane nosed over to the inverted position. Inspection revealed total engine failure with a large hole in the side of the crankcase. Disassembly of the eng revealed a broken connecting rod.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72516
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9686
- Airframe hours
- 2,218
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael L. Froscher
- Registered owner
- Garry J. Byers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1986 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- PAH · Paducah, KY
- Destination
- FYV · Fayetteville, AR
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
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,236 total · 8 in this make and model · 1,116 as pilot in command · 174 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.