Fatal Accident - 172 Engine failure at Lantana?

[CaptainDoug]

I couldn't find this on this board, so I decided to start a new thread.
Maybe it's been posted here but I couldn't find it.

<<May 26, 2023

Narrative:

A Cessna 172P Skyhawk crashed next to the runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA).
Both occupants were killed.

ADS-B data suggests that the aircraft crashed following a low altitude turn immediately after takeoff from runway 04.>>

Accident Cessna 172P Skyhawk N3KV, 26 May 2023 (aviation-safety.net)

 

[Flying Keys]

Weather not likely related, but getting it out of the way:

KLNA 261515Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM SCT025 27/23 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T02720226
KLNA 261555Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM VCTS CLR 27/22 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E THRU W T02710217

 

[CaptainDoug]

Weather not likely related, but getting it out of the way:

KLNA 261515Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM SCT025 27/23 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E T02720226
KLNA 261555Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM VCTS CLR 27/22 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E THRU W T02710217

Thanks. It looks like the dreaded engine failure on takeoff.
It's easy to panic and say this isn't happening to me. It might
even take five seconds plus to realize that it's real.

Panic can set in - the urge to get back to the airport and then
the dreaded stall / spin.

Lantana is jammed in there among a lot of buildings and even
I-95. This 172 was taking off on runway 04. As we can see here,
there's not a lot of good options when you're putting it down straight
ahead - except for maybe those trees / brush straight ahead. And
that's the best not-so-good option.

Or maybe you can pull a Sully and ditch it in the lake? But I'm not
sure if possibly flipping the plane is such a good idea with the fixed
gear. I haven't flown fixed-gear singles for a while, so I haven't really
thouht about that. And, unlike the Hudson River, there might be alligators
in that lake!

But if I was in a Bonanza (or something like that) and I was too low
(below 800' or so), I'd probably aim for that lake gear up (if at all possible)
instead of risking a stall / spin with an aggressive low turn back to the airport.


Google Earth

 

[Baked Potato]

My CFI and I go over procedures for engine failure during the run up each time. How often do these happen? Is there a small number of culprits or are there so many variables that it can be an infinite number of causes?

 

[Kenny Phillips]

My CFI and I go over procedures for engine failure during the run up each time. How often do these happen? Is there a small number of culprits or are there so many variables that it can be an infinite number of causes?

I know for a fact that a slug of water displaced by the takeoff run can make a plane a glider. I had a 6K' runway, so landed straight ahead. Farther on was a golf course, then corn fields. Unfortunately, we rarely take off in the direction.

 

[Baked Potato]

I know for a fact that a slug of water displaced by the takeoff run can make a plane a glider. I had a 6K' runway, so landed straight ahead. Farther on was a golf course, then corn fields. Unfortunately, we rarely take off in the direction.

Water in the fuel lines?