- Date
- November 8, 1981
- Place
- Selma, AL · SELMA, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82DJCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811108072019A
- Case key
- 122929
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3084 81/11/8 SELMA,AL CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0950 N82DJ PX- 0 0 1 DUAL 40, 5547 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1265 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAIG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRATTVILLE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIN FUEL LINE,BTN FUEL SEL & GASCOLATOR,FAILED NR INLET TO GASCOLATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82DJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Craig
N82DJRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.