Cessna 172 M N5045H

Summary

On 3 August 1985 at about 20:01 local time, a Cessna 172 M registered N5045H was involved in an accident near Arcadia, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 1985 at 20:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Arcadia, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Arcadia (5F0)

Coordinates

32.5492, -92.9194

Aircraft

Cessna 172 M

Registration

N5045H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arcadia → Shreveport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW85LA304

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED HE HEARD A 'BOOM' AND EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 10 FT ABOVE THE RWY DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB. HE WAS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE 3000 FOOT RWY AT THIS TIME. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED. HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE ACFT UNTIL IT HAD OVERRAN THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH ABOUT 30 YARDS BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. SUBSEQUENT EXAM REVEALED THE ENG WOULD OPERATE NORMAL AT LOW RPM BUT AFTER 20 SECONDS AT TAKEOFF POWER THE FUEL MIXTURE WOULD BECOME TOO RICH AND A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN RPM WOULD OCCUR. THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED AND EXAMINED BUT THE CAUSE OF THE POWER REDUCTION WAS NOT NOTED. ALSO, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED 'BOOM' WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.