Cessna 172 M N9563V

Summary

On 12 April 1987 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 172 M registered N9563V was involved in an accident near Ridgeland, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 April 1987 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Ridgeland, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Ridgeland Municipal (3J1)

Coordinates

32.4798, -80.9794

Aircraft

Cessna 172 M

Registration

N9563V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA113

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 WAS PRACTICING T/O & LDGS. DURING THE 2ND LDG, THE PLT REPTD RETARDING THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ENG DYING DURING ROLL-OUT. A RESTART WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND ANOTHER T/O COMP. AGAIN DURING LDG. ENG STOPPED DURING ROLL OUT. THIS TIME, THE RESTART ATTEMPT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. AFTER A PERIOD OF CRANKING, DURING WHICH THE THROTTLE WAS PUMPED AT LEAST ONCE, THE PLT NOTED SMOKE & FUMES FROM BEHIND INST PANLE. HE TURNED OFF ELEC EQUIP AND GOT OUT OF ACFT. HE NOTED FIRE AROUND NOSE STRUT AND THEN REPTD TURNING OFF FUEL SEL VALVE. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXT. FIRE AND ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.