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| Date: | Wednesday 22 May 2024 |
| Time: | 06:53 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N751DW |
| MSN: | 172RG1002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chandeleur Islands, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Houma-Terrebonne Airport, LA (HUM/KHUM) |
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On May 22, 2024, about 0653 central daylight time, a Cessna 172RG airplane, N751DW, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chandeleur Island, Louisiana. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight.
The pilot reported that about an hour and twenty minutes into the flight he smelled smoke and noticed that the oil pressure was decreasing. He diverted for a precautionary landing. By that time, the oil pressure had dropped to zero and the cabin was filling with smoke. He landed on a beach, and the nose landing gear dug into the sand and collapsed. The landing gear well structure sustained substantial damage during the precautionary landing.
A postaccident examination determined that the oil pressure line from the engine to the firewall fitting had fractured due to fatigue. The line was bent about 360° near mid-span, and the line was fractured within the bent segment.
Airplane maintenance records revealed that the engine was overhauled and reinstalled on the airframe about a month before the accident. The mechanic noted that the oil line was inspected and reinstalled after the overhaul. The airplane had accumulated 119 hours since the engine overhaul.
Probable Cause: A fatigue failure of the engine oil pressure line, which resulted in the loss of engine oil during the flight and subsequent damage to the nose landing gear support structure during the precautionary landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 2009 | N751DW | Ameriflyers Of Florida LLC | 0 | Morristown, New Jersey | |
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| 10 November 2014 | N751DW | Ameriflyers of Florida | 0 | David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH), Houston, TX | |
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2024 23:35 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 17-Sep-2024 21:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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