# Incident 19830817046509I: Cessna 172N, Ronkonkoma, NY, August 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1983, 13:10 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Islip Macarthur
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8035° N, 73.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ronkonkoma, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8035&lon=-73.1245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73748, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73748-1984-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 475 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830817046509I

## Narrative

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

FIRE EXTINGUISHER MOUNTED UNDER SEAT DISCHARGED WHILE TAXIING. HANDLE SEAL MISSING. HIT SEAT TRACK.

## Other reports on N73748 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840516017159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840516017159A), May 16, 1984: Cessna 172N (N73748), Sayville, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a local flight. Ditched the aircraft a few yards offshore. Possible carburetor icing.

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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