- Date
- May 14, 1979
- Place
- Fayetteville, WV · FAYETTEVILLE, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3987QCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790514009299A
- Case key
- 135800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1587 79/5/14 FAYETTEVILLE,WV CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0715 N3987Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 57, 14000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAYETTEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAYETTEVILLE,WV FLORENCE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MOUSE NEST IN INDUCT SYS.MATL SUCKED INTO CARB WHEN CARB HT SELECTED.CARB HT SHROUD SCREEN MISSING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3987Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fayetteville
N3987QRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Cessna 172LAirframe modelCessna 172LEngine 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.