- Date
- December 4, 1973
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84148Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731204037709A
- Case key
- 187555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3685 73/12/4 NR.AUSTIN,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N84148 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN ANTONIO,TEX MARBLE FALLS,TEX AUSTIN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD ON NARROW ROAD BORDER BY TREES.NR 3 EXH VALVE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84148
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N84148Registration cancelled Oct 22, 2012 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.