ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280075
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 July 2022 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172B Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7609X |
| MSN: | 17248109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Silver Springs, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Silver Springs Airport, NV (KSPZ) |
| Silver Springs Airport, NV (KSPZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 6, 2022, about 1845 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172B, N7609X, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Silver Springs, Nevada. The flight instructor sustained a minor injury and the pilot receiving instruction was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight.
The instructional flight was returning to the airport when the engine rpm began to fluctuate, followed by backfiring. The pilot completed the emergency loss of engine power checklist. Unable to maintain altitude, the flight instructor assumed control of the airplane and performed an off-airport landing on open desert terrain. During the landing roll, the nosewheel collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage’s undercarriage.
The engine and various instruments and components were removed from the airplane before the airplane was recovered, which prevented examination of the engine and related systems to determine the cause of the loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kolotv.com/2022/07/07/two-small-plane-forced-land-near-silver-springs/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105453
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7609X
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7609X/history/20220707/0053Z/KSPZ/L%2039.43389%20-119.15000
https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/aircraft/id/299241/2022011915180239-2181789_.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 March 1988 | N7609X | Private | 0 | Elizabethton, TN | |
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Location
Images:
Photo: Aircraft as found by recovery company (NTSB)
Media:
That's... not something one sees to often...
— Nevada Wolf 🐺 (@NevadaWolf) July 9, 2022
Small blue and white plane nose down in the desert off Hwy 50. pic.twitter.com/6o5v7hbd7r
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2022 06:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jul-2022 08:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 02:53 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jul-2022 02:56 | johnwg | Updated [Category] |
| 12-Jul-2022 00:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2022 00:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Jul-2022 23:57 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 06-Jan-2024 22:03 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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