- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8509UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019033299A
- Case key
- 188434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2974 73/10/19 LAFAYETTE,IND CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 83 TOTAL TIME - 1946 N8509U PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OHIO LAFAYETTE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WINDS STRONGER THAN PLANNED.FSS ASIST,PLT OBSVD LITE OF OTR ARPT CONT FLT TO PLANNED DEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8509U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Purdue University
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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.