- Date
- January 18, 1974
- Place
- Hamilton, NC · HAMILTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4642LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740118000099A
- Case key
- 187082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0183 74/1/18 HAMILTON,NC CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N4642L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 2822 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE FAILURE DUE WATER IN FUEL.STRUCK TREE DURING FORCED LANDING APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4642L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- 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.