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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · East Bend, NC · September 1, 2012

Date
September 1, 2012 · 13:00 local
Place
East Bend, NC
Airport
Airport Name
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N377SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA545
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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 departed grass strip and during climb making a left turn, the engine lost power. Pilot landed aircraft in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GRASS STRIP AND DURING CLIMB MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A CORN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.