- Date
- April 18, 1970
- Place
- Sanibel, FL · SANIBEL, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N35509Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1703 70/4/18 SANIBEL,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 622 TIME - 1649 N35509 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASA YBEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANIBEL,FLA MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENG NOT TORN DWN FOR INSP.T/O ON ROAD ADJ ARPT DUE RWY CONDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35509
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casa Ybel
N35509Registration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Cessna 172IAirframe modelCessna 172IEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.