# Accident 19951126038439A: Cessna 172E, Lajas, Puerto Rico, November 26, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1995, 12:55 local time
- Place: Lajas, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0429° N, 67.0571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lajas, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0429&lon=-67.0571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3608S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3608S-1997-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951126038439A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER LOCAL FLIGHT. LANDED FARM FIELD. FOUND WATER IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 ATL96LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA015), Nov 26, 1995: Cessna 172E (N3608S), Lajas, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in a loss of power due to water in the fuel.

## Other reports on N3608S (1)

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

- [Accident 19800924048799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924048799A), Sep 24, 1980: Cessna 172 (N3608S), Guanica, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Landed on dirt road. Began go-around due to parked vehicle. Veered into bordering cane field, stalled into cane.

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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