ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357115
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| Date: | Friday 5 July 1996 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N75814 |
| MSN: | 17267971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3587 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsborough, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Burlington, NC (KBUY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During cruise flight, the engine quit. A force landing was attempted in an open pasture that the pilot reported was the only available site. He circled the pasture to position the airplane for the forced landing. On final approach, the pilot extended the flaps, stopping them at ten degrees to ensure that the airplane would clear power lines at the approach end of the pasture. Consequently, the airplane overran the end of the downhill sloped pasture, then collided with trees at the end with the airspeed about 55 knots, according to the pilot. During the postaccident examination of the engine, the magneto impulse coupling spring of the single-drive dual magneto was found broken, resulting in a loss of engine to magneto timing and engine stoppage.
Probable Cause: The failure of the magneto impulse coupling spring. A factor was the power line at the approach end of the forced landing site.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL96LA100
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 14:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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