- Date
- September 26, 1991, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chiloquin, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9403ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910926047949A
- Case key
- 41550
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power in flight due to improper maintenance inspections. A factor relating to the accident was the rough terrain at the accident site.
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 acft engine lost pwr in cruise flt. The pilot made a forced landing and the acft impacted rough terrain during landing grd roll. Insp of the acft revealed the ign points would not open and the mag would not produce spark. Both mag point cam followers were worn excessively from lack of lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9403E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272251
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leslie E. Jantzer
- Registered owner
- Leslie E. Jantzer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,044 total · 877 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KMT, 21 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 N9403E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.