- Date
- August 21, 1978
- Place
- Eden, NC · EDEN, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3512QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780821025169A
- Case key
- 140035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2175 78/8/21 EDEN,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 943 TIME - 0830 N3512Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 422 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA SAVANNAH,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STICKING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3512Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3512QRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.