# Incident 19990430020059I: Cessna 172L, Newburgh, NY, April 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1999, 11:20 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7634G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430020059I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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