- Date
- April 7, 1985, 17:20 local (Apr 8, 1985, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mulino, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80241Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850407012719A
- Case key
- 40138
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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 plt pushed the throttle forward to add power during final approach and the engine ceased operating. A forced landing was made onto a cabbage patch and the nose gear sheared off. The acft then nosed over. Investigation revealed the throttle cable housing separated in the area where it is clamped to the rear of the engine mount.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80241
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266469
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl Dietz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 4S9 · Mulino, runway 12, 2,100 × 300 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,620 total · 500 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.