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A student pilot aboard a C-172 suffered engine failure and landed just short of his planned emergency landing site resulting in damage to the nose gear and propeller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 929704 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14.4 Flight Crew Total 14.4 Flight Crew Type 14.4 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
I had fueled up that morning and then flew for about 30 minutes. I later flew around for about an hour and 30 minutes. On the way back to the airport the engine failed. I tried to restart the engine three times without success. I set up an approach for a deadstick landing on a nearby grass strip; but did not have the altitude to make the field and landed in a wheat field just before the grass strip. The mains touched down fine; but when the nose gear touched down; it dug into the soft mud and bent; allowing the windmilling prop to hit the ground and become bent. A mechanic looking at the aircraft felt that a kinked fuel line may have had a small hole that allowed fuel to siphon out of the aircraft without my knowledge. I am attempting to have an a & P investigate this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student pilot aboard a C-172 suffered engine failure and landed just short of his planned emergency landing site resulting in damage to the nose gear and propeller.
Narrative: I had fueled up that morning and then flew for about 30 minutes. I later flew around for about an hour and 30 minutes. On the way back to the airport the engine failed. I tried to restart the engine three times without success. I set up an approach for a deadstick landing on a nearby grass strip; but did not have the altitude to make the field and landed in a wheat field just before the grass strip. The mains touched down fine; but when the nose gear touched down; it dug into the soft mud and bent; allowing the windmilling prop to hit the ground and become bent. A mechanic looking at the aircraft felt that a kinked fuel line may have had a small hole that allowed fuel to siphon out of the aircraft without my knowledge. I am attempting to have an A & P investigate this.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.