- Date
- July 10, 1979
- Place
- Terra Haute, IN · TERRA HAUTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N738YHCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790710019119A
- Case key
- 135168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1738 79/7/10 TERRA HAUTE,IN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 144 TIME - 2050 N738YH PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY KING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONEE,IL TERRA HAUTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED W EDGE OF LARGE DRAINAGE DITCH.DRG TWILIGHT,LNDG APCH,DITCH LOOKED LIKE ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738YH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky King
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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.