- Date
- April 20, 1973
- Place
- Burnsville, NC · BURNSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3872RCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730420008039A
- Case key
- 170708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0785 73/4/20 BURNSVILLE,NC CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 436 TIME - 1230 N3872R PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MTN WILDERNESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHARLOTTE,NC CHATTANOOGA,TENN BURNSVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED.3 WERE FOUND CLEAN,THREE WERE SMUTTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3872R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mtn Wilderness
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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.