- Date
- February 12, 1978
- Place
- Youngstown, OH · YOUNGSTOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73183Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780212002319A
- Case key
- 143474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0007 78/2/12 YOUNGSTOWN,OH CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N73183 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANSDOWNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOUNGSTOWN,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PATCHES OF ICE ON RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73183
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lansdowne
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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.