# Accident 19960623014859A: Cessna 172C, Block Island, RI, June 23, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1996, 19:45 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLOCK ISLAND STATE (BID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1665Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1665Y-1998-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960623014859A

## Narrative

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

ON DEPARTURE APPEARED TO HAVE NO LIFT, CRASHED INTO TREES AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. (-23) NO NARRATIVE

## 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 NYC96LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA129), Jun 23, 1996: Cessna 172C (N1665Y), Block Island, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight, by failing to remove the control lock and checking the flight controls before takeoff, and his failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner, which resulted in an…

## Other reports on N1665Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19890611040949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611040949I), Jun 11, 1989: Cessna 172C (N1665Y), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Propeller struck runway.

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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