Cessna 172K N7499G
17 June 1988 · Mora, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 June 1988 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N7499G, operated by Moon/Wolf Air Service, was involved in an accident near Mora, Minnesota, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 03:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mora, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates
- 45.8705, -93.2895
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N7499G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Moon/Wolf Air Service
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mora → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- CHI88DER03
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
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
DRG FLT, ONE OF THE PLTS DEMONSTRATED A NEGATIVE 'G' MANEUVER BY ENTERING A CLIMB, THEN MAKING A 'PUSH OVER' TO A DESCENT. HE THROTTLED BACK ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE MANEUVER TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS READVANCED, THERE WAS NO ENG RESPONSE. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED, BUT THE ENG WOULD NOT RESTART. SUBSEQUENTLY, A NIGHT LANDING WAS MADE IN A WOODED AREA & THE ACFT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. LITTLE FUEL WAS FOUND REMAINING IN THE ACFT, BUT FUEL HAD DRAINED FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM AFTER THE ACDNT. DURING A CHECK OF THE MAGNETOS, ONE PROVIDED NO SPARK & THE OTHER PROVIDED ONLY A WEAK SPARK. THE MAGNETOS WERE DISASSEMBLED; BOTH WERE FOUND TO HAVE LOOSE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCKS. ALSO, LARGE AMOUNTS OF CARBON HAD BUILT UP IN BOTH MAGNETO CASES, ALTHOUGH NO TRACE OF CARBON ARCING WAS FOUND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 1988 | Cessna 172N | Vero Beach, Florida, United States | Citrus Grove Aviation, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 May 1988 | Cessna 172F | Shellman, Georgia, United States | Evans J. Nichols | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 1988 | Cessna 172 | Lamar, Missouri, United States | Richards, Thomas J. | No injuries | - |
| 14 May 1988 | Cessna 172RG | Mathew, Virginia, United States | Mideastern Airways Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1988 | Cessna 172K | Lake City, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Dec 1988 | Cessna 172M | Erie, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 1988 | Beechcraft A36 | St Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jan 1988 | Cessna 172L | Buffalo, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1988 | Cessna 172 | Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, United States | Marcel D. Vaudrin | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1988 | Piper PA-28-181 | Mankato, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Oct 1988 | Cessna 120 | St Peter, Minnesota, United States | Randell Goebel | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Oct 1988 | Piper PA-24-180 | Alexandria, Minnesota, United States | IRA Hanson | Serious injuries | - |