- Date
- January 12, 1971
- Place
- Jena, LA · JENA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1490FCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0510 71/1/12 JENA,LA CESSNA 172H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N1490F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 887 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 185 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JENA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT AT LO ALT IN L TURN OVR LAKE.ENG STOPPED,ACFT DSCNDD INTO LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1490F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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