- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Fontana, CA · FONTANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8853BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611013459A
- Case key
- 141702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1159 78/6/11 FONTANA,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0630 N8853B PX- 0 0 1 OTHER AGE 44, 1204 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 273 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIVERSIDE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED HE DID NOT USE CARB HEAT AT TIME OF POWER LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8853B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8853B · 1
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