- Date
- October 6, 1973
- Place
- Caledonia, OH · CALEDONIA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7121TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731006032599A
- Case key
- 188507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2966 73/10/6 CALEDONIA,OHIO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 28 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N7121T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIST ELEVATOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEDONIA,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB HEAT FLEX TUBING COLLAPSED DUE TO BRKN SUPPORT WIRES.ENG.LOST PWR WHEN CARB HEAT APPLIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7121T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gist Elevator
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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.