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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Lake Charles, LA · August 28, 1976

Date
August 28, 1976
Place
Lake Charles, LA
Airport
Lake Charles Mun
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N80347
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW76FRD64
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,022 total1,060 in this make and model210 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.

Heavy rain clogged paper air filter. Eng would not develop pwr aft downdrafts forced a/c blw gs.

As the FAA filed it

HEAVY RAIN CLOGGED PAPER AIR FILTER. ENG WOULD NOT DEVELOP PWR AFT DOWNDRAFTS FORCED A/C BLW GS.

NTSB investigation

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