19730801030569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · Sebring, FL · August 1, 1973

Date
August 1, 1973
Place
Sebring, FL
Airport
Sebring Air Term
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78969
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA74FLD13
Reported as
Cessna 172D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
31 total5 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Applied carb heat and closed throttle almost simultaneously. Plt extdd dnwnd leg due otr traffic.

As the FAA filed it

APPLIED CARB HEAT AND CLOSED THROTTLE ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY.PLT EXTDD DNWND LEG DUE OTR TRAFFIC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.