Cessna 172K N46373

Summary

On 15 July 1988 at about 21:43 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N46373 was involved in an accident near Palmdale, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 July 1988 at 21:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmdale, California, United States

Nearest airport

Palmdale (PMD)

Coordinates

34.5191, -118.0799

Aircraft

Cessna 172K

Registration

N46373

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Burbank → Bullhead City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88LA257

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

WHILE CRUISING AT 9500 FEET, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW. SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD AN AIRPORT, HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER IN SOFT SAND DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OIL HAD TRAVELED AFT ON THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING, EMANATING FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA. THE ENGINE HAD UNDERGONE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND HAD FLOWN LESS THAN 1 HR. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE OIL HEAT SENSOR PROBE WAS FINGER TIGHT AND THE OIL HAD LEAKED FROM THAT AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.