- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64188Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780808024619A
- Case key
- 140132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2474 78/8/8 AVALON,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 230 TIME - 1855 N64188 PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 184 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CA BAKERSFIELD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- THROTTLE CABLE AT THROTTLE SWAGE FRAYED & PARTED.P/N C299505-0102-1075.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64188
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
N64188Registration cancelled Jul 15, 2011 · 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.