# Incident 19970328003939I: Cessna 172L, Corfu, NY, March 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Corfu, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9612° N, 78.4026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corfu, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9612&lon=-78.4026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16NF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16NF-1999-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970328003939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 28, 1997, AT 1830 (LOCAL) EST, A CESSNA CE-172, N16NF, S/N 17260000, OPERATED BY THEODORE WILL CAPWELL, DEPARTED A GRASS RUNWAY AT 10010 SIMONDS ROAD, CORFU, NY 14036. STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOSED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A FIELD, THEN FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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