- Date
- October 19, 1989, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5336RCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891019043909A
- Case key
- 34896
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Probable cause
Failure of the throttle cable assembly which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent collision with a fence.
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 instructor pilot said that while on final approach for landing, the engine failed to respond to throttle inputs. Unable to reach the airport, an emergency landing was attempted in a soy bean field where the aircraft collided with a fence. Post accident investigation revealed the throttle cable assembly had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5336R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263522
- Airframe hours
- 3,138
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Trew Aero,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Trew Aero, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 4, 1989 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- K46 · Eagle Field
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 226 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 15 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 N5336R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.