19990430020059I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Newburgh, NY · April 30, 1999

Date: April 30, 1999 · 11:20 local
Place: Newburgh, NY
Airport: Stewart International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N7634G
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft attempted to land swf after reported inflight engine problem. Pilot was rapidly losing altitude and did not think he could make it to swf rwy. He instead elected to dead stickacft on to interstate hwy I84. Acft landed in eastbound lane with no damage or injuries. Acft rolled to a stop at mile marker 32.3 east. Acft was then pushed off hwy to allow traffic to proceed on hwy by NY state police + pilot. See statement from pilot while looking over acft with mechanic we found a broken mixture cable. Acft was disassembled for transport back to home airport N44 sky acres NY.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND SWF AFTER REPORTED INFLIGHT ENGINE PROBLEM. PILOT WAS RAPIDLY LOSING ALTITUDE AND DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE IT TO SWF RWY. HE INSTEAD ELECTED TO DEAD STICKACFT ON TO INTERSTATE HWY I84. ACFT LANDED IN EASTBOUND LANE WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. ACFT ROLLED TO A STOP AT MILE MARKER 32.3 EAST. ACFT WAS THEN PUSHED OFF HWY TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO PROCEED ON HWY BY NY STATE POLICE + PILOT. SEE STATEMENT FROM PILOT WHILE LOOKING OVER ACFT WITH MECHANIC WE FOUND A BROKEN MIXTURE CABLE. ACFT WAS DISASSEMBLED FOR TRANSPORT BACK TO HOME AIRPORT N44 SKY ACRES NY.