- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Gloucester, VA · GLOUCESTER, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N411LBCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712018679A
- Case key
- 140608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1898 78/7/12 GLOUCESTER,VA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 133 TIME - 1445 N411LB PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLOUCESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,DE WILLIAMSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411LB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gloucester
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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.