NTSB investigations · 2
Matched to this aircraft by N4696G and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
NTSB ATL99LA013Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLima, SCThe flight instructor's intentional flight into Instrument Meteorological Conditions. Factors were trees and mountainous terrain.NTSB CHI97LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Wayne, INthe pilot's inadequate fuel management and fuel system exhaustion. A factor involved was the inadequate in-flight planning/decision.
FAA incident reports · 3
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N4696G and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
Accident 19981108031849AScud Running · Lima, SCPilot came on the frequency and advised that the acft had crashed into trees. (-23) pilot flew into IMC conditions while following interstate between mountains under obsured cloud ceiling of 4,000 ft. during climb aircraft flew into terrain and impacted…Accident 19970131001069AFinal Approach · Fort Wayne, INOn January 31, 1997, at 2202 eastern standard time (EST), a Cessna 172N, N4696G, registered to aerolina, inc., of hendersonville, north carolina, received substantial damage when it landed short of runway 23 at Fort Wayne municipal airport, Fort Wayne,…Incident 19960826030379IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Danville, WVNarrative: while enroute from clarksburg, WV to hendersonville, NC Cessna N4696G piloted by charles folkart, experienced engine failure and was forced to land on route 119 near Danville, WV. The aircraft landed safely without sustaining damage and the pilot…
Service difficulty reports · 2
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 96ZZZX5312Magneto · excess wearAFTER INSTALLING A FACTORY REBUILT 3000 SERIES, MAGNETO AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED BACK ON RENTAL STATUS ON 9-27-96, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTICED TAKEOFF POWER WAS DOWN BY APPROXIMATELY 200 RPM AT FULL THROTTLE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH SETS OF MAGNETOSDR 96ZZZX5311Magneto · failedDURING CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED BOTH SETS OF POINTS IN THE DUAL 2000 SERIES MAGNETO HAD CLOSED CAUSING ENG TO STOP. POINTS WERE RESET AND ENG RAN AND PRODUCE