# NTSB WPR20WA020: Cessna 172, Vereeniging, South Africa, November 6, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 6, 2019, 17:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place: Vereeniging, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100539/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA020

## Factual narrative

On November 6, 2019, about 1740 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172L, South African registration ZS-DAC, was enroute to the VOR beacon GAV, near Vereeniging, and reported a loss of engine power. The pilot forced landed the airplane in a field. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is investigating the incident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane and engine, the NTSB has designated an US accredited representative to assist the SACAA in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this incident should be directed to the SACAA of South Africa: South African Civil Aviation Authority Private Bag X 73 Halfway House 1685 Southern Region Office: PO Box 174 Cape Town International Airport www.caa.co.za

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-DAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (L)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-60095
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: South African General Aviation
- Registered owner: South African General Aviation
- Departed: FAGM, Rand Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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