- Date
- August 14, 1978
- Place
- Evansville, IN · EVANSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7071TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780814032399A
- Case key
- 139441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4031 78/8/14 EVANSVILLE,IN CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 448 TIME - 1330 N7071T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7071T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Skylane
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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.