# Accident 19830520075909A: Cessna 172N, North Stoningto, CT, May 20, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1983, 15:12 local time
- Place: North Stoningto, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.4409° N, 71.8812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Stonington, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4409&lon=-71.8812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4980G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4980G-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,510 total, 550 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830520075909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER, DESCENDED BELOW CLOUDS. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO CARBURETOR ICE. LOOSE ALTERNATOR BELT PROBABLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA122), May 20, 1983: Cessna 172N (N4980G), N. Stonington, CT, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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