- Date
- July 11, 1992, 11:19 local (17:19 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9871GCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920711042999A
- Case key
- 42851
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Probable cause
The failure of an intake valve and the poorly executed forced landing.
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
During a pleasure cross country flight, the airplane began to shake and the engine RPM decreased. The pilot diverted to a nearby runway and landed downwind. After the airplane touched down, it bounced and continued to bounce the length of the runway. The airplane finally settled as it ran off the end of the runway and continued to travel through a barbed wire fence and beehive boxes before coming to rest. Post-crash inspection of the engine revealed that the number 4 intake valve was broken. Due to damage of the fracture ends, the failure mode was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9871G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlson, Donald K.
- Registered owner
- Carlson, Donald K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DTA · Delta, runway 34, 6,011 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 92 total · 43 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.