Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Ft. Walton Beach Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Navarre, Florida 32569
Monday, September 7, 1992 9:35 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DURING CRUISE FLT WITH THE STUDENT PLT FLYING THE ACFT, THE ENG EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT & WAS ADVISED BY ATC THAT A GRASS AIRSTRIP WAS BELOW. THE FLT CIRCLED WHILE DESCENDING & THE CFI ASKED ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY IF ANYONE WAS MONITORING IT BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY. WHILE CIRCLING HE OBSERVED AN ACFT TAKE OFF TO THE SOUTH & ELECTED TO LAND IN THAT DIRECTION. WHILE ON A MODIFIED FINAL APCH, HE OBSERVED AN ACFT ON THE APCH END OF THE RWY. AFTER LANDING APRX 1/2 WAY DOWN THE 2,300 FT GRASS/SAND RWY, THE ACFT TRAVELLED OFF THE RT SIDE & COLLIDED WITH A TREE. EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE NO. 2 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE FAILED NEAR THE RADIUS OF THE SEAT. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THE ENG HAD ACCUMULATED 1,840 HRS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING THE FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DIVERTION OF ATTENTION OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO THE AIRPLANE ON THE APCH END OF THE RWY.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/7/1992 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 935 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | NAVARRE |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32569 |
| Event Date Year | 1992 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FT. WALTON BEACH |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 1J9 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 22 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 949 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 282 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PNS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 121 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 19 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 24 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2891 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 8 1992 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 800 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 47735 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 3:19PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N35302 |
| NTSB Number | MIA92LA176 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172I |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 172I |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17256701 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 14 1992 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 77 |
| Airframe Hours | 4088 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BREKEEN FLYING SERVICE, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 5960 HOOPER RD. |
| Aircraft Owner City | BATON ROUGE |
| Aircraft Owner State | LA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 70811 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | FINAL APPROACH, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4411 CHUCK YEAGER AVE. |
| Operator City | BATON ROUGE |
| Operator State | LA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 70807 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 81J |
| Departure City | DESTIN |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 914 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BTR |
| Destination City | BATON ROUGE |
| Destination State | LA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 18 |
| Runway Length | 2300 |
| Runway Width | 65 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |