- Date
- September 23, 1980
- Place
- Rocky Branch, LA · ROCKY BRANCH, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1829YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800923044449A
- Case key
- 128906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2286 80/9/23 NR.ROCKY BRANCH,LA CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 197 TIME - 1430 N1829Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MS FARMERVILLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RUST FLAKES FOUND IN CARB BOWL & LINES.AFTER CARB CLEANED,ENG DVLPD FULL PWR.LND ON RD,HIT TRAILER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1829Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.