- Date
- June 25, 1977
- Place
- College Park, MD · COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2477LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770625016339A
- Case key
- 147676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1475 77/6/25 COLLEGE PARK,MD CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1948 TIME - 1300 N2477L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1659 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2477L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2477LRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2014 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2477L · 1
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