- Date
- June 3, 1975
- Place
- Mt Sterling, IL · MT STERLING, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4229QCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750603014459A
- Case key
- 149037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3457 75/6/3 MT STERLING,IL CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 134 TIME - 0645 N4229Q PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,IL SPRINGFIELD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THE STEPPED DOWEL PIN P/N STD-1065 BROKE ALLOWING CRANKSHAFT TO TURN FREE OF GR AND GR TRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4229Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.