ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220046
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| Date: | Monday 24 December 2018 |
| Time: | 13:44 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3015E |
| MSN: | 17271404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5295 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami-Dade County, Haulover Inlet, Miami Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale, FL (FXE) |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL (FXE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the flight instructor, he and a student pilot were conducting a local, instructional flight. The instructor reported that, while flying about 800 ft above a shoreline, the engine started to vibrate, and it then lost all power. He tried to restart the engine twice to no avail. On the third attempt, the engine started, but it would not produce more than 1,200 rpm. The instructor saw people on the beach and decided to land on the water. When the main landing gear touched down on the water, the airplane immediately flipped over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder.
Examination of the engine revealed that the No. 2 exhaust rocker arm stud was fractured. Metallurgical examination of the fracture surfaces on the rocker arm stud revealed that it had fractured due to fatigue. The fatigue fracture of the No. 2 exhaust rocker arm stud likely led to the loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power due to the fatigue fracture of the No. 2 exhaust rocker arm stud.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N3015E
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 2005 | N3015E | Central Georgia Aviation Inc. | 0 | Perry, Georgia | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 21:32 | Geno | Added |
| 25-Dec-2018 02:25 | Geno | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 13:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 25-Dec-2018 13:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Embed code] |
| 29-Dec-2018 22:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Apr-2020 07:00 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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