- Date
- July 17, 1984, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46547Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840717033319A
- Case key
- 6495
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequate
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt stated that the eng suddenly lost power as he was climbing thru about 150 ft AGL. He continued straight ahead & landed after the acft brushed the top of a small tree then hit another small tree. No reason for the loss of power was found. One of the passengers stated that the plt did not run up the eng prior to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46547
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257342
- Airframe hours
- 2,347
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Flying Service, Inx.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 14, 1984 · 93 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 18,000 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.