Cessna 172B N8211X

Summary

On 6 March 2005 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172B registered N8211X was involved in an accident near Princeton, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 March 2005 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Princeton, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

37.1156, -87.8556

Aircraft

Cessna 172B

Registration

N8211X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nashville → St Louis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD05LA041

1 person had minor injuries.

A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons over unsuitable terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

About 1 hour after departure, in cruise flight about 2,500 feet mean sea level (msl), the engine experienced a sudden loss of engine rpm. The engine stopped producing power, but the propeller continued to windmill. During the descent, the pilot applied carburetor heat, switched magnetos, switched fuel tanks, and adjusted the mixture and the throttle in an attempt to restart the engine. The engine failed to restart, and at 1,000 feet in the descent, the pilot abandoned attempts to restart the engine. During the subsequent forced landing, the airplane struck an embankment with the nose landing gear, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. Examination of the wreckage by FAA inspectors revealed no pre-impact anomalies. The engine started and ran on the airplane after the accident. Interpolation of a carburetor icing probability chart revealed that atmospheric conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to "serious icing at glide power."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.