- Date
- May 31, 1976
- Place
- Suffolk, VA · SUFFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5917ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760531018839A
- Case key
- 154861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2027 76/5/31 SUFFOLK,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 427 TIME - 1225 N5917A PX- 0 1 2 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUFFOLK,VA SUFFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PAX RPTD PLT DID NOT ACOMPLISH PRE-TAKEOFF ENG CK.MAG SWITCH FOUND ON L PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5917A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Suffolk Municipal
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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.