Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Inarajan, Guam 96913
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 17:40 LCL
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On March 26, 2014, about 1740 local time, a Cessna 172P, N9551L, landed in a field following a loss of engine power near Inarajan, Guam. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, Trend Vector Aviation International under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an introductory flight lesson. The flight instructor (CFI) and two passengers were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall during the accident sequence. The local flight departed Guam International Airport, Agana, about 1720. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The CFI reported that after takeoff he initiated a climb to the left, and having reached an altitude of 1,500 feet msl, he began a turn to the southwest towards Apra Harbor. He continued the flight while maintaining a cruise altitude of 1,500 feet, an airspeed of between 95 and 100 knots indicated, and an engine speed of 2,300 rpm. About 20 minutes after takeoff the engine speed began to decrease. He confirmed the mixture control was set to full rich, and then applied full forward throttle control. The engine speed increased momentarily, but then decreased such that only partial power was being produced. He applied full carburetor heat, but the engine did not respond.
The airplane would not maintain altitude, so the pilot initiated an approach to a landfill for a forced landing. As he approached the landing area he could see heavy equipment on the intended landing zone, so he initiated a turn towards a tall-grass field for a tailwind landing. He stated that during the final approach the engine was no longer producing any power, and the propeller appeared to be wind-milling. The airplane came to rest nose-down after the nose gear dug into the ground.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/26/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1740 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | Inarajan |
| Event State | GUAM |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 96913 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 131734N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1444404E |
| Event Location Airport | N/A |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 754 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 19 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PGUM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 250 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 12 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 23 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 13 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 20 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.91 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR PGUM 260754Z 07013G20KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2991 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA LAX ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 10 2014 5:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9551L |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA147 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172P |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | P |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17276576 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2299 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TREND VECTOR AVIATION INT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 17-3404 NEPTUNE AVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | BARRIGADA |
| Aircraft Owner State | GU |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 96913 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | TREND VECTOR AVIATION INT |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 17-3404 NEPTUNE AVE |
| Operator City | BARRIGADA |
| Operator State | GU |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 96913 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PGUM |
| Departure City | AGANA |
| Departure State | GU |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1720 |
| Departure Time Zone | LCL |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | PGUM |
| Destination City | AGANA |
| Destination State | GU |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 10 2014 12:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | sime1 |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |