- Date
- August 22, 1976
- Place
- Savannah, IL · SAVANNAH, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2748UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760822027199A
- Case key
- 155793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2900 76/8/22 SAVANNAH,IL CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1610 N2748U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRANSKY MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX 1 PINT OF FUEL IN L TANK & ABT 1/2 PINT IN THE R TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2748U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stransky Memorial
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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.