- Date
- June 21, 1971
- Place
- Folkston, GA · FOLKSTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2704UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2231 71/6/21 FOLKSTON,GA CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 21, 558 TIME - 1945 N2704U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMA,GA MELBOURNE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 4 ROD CAME THRU TOP OF CRNKCASE.PLT PULLED UP TO AVOID WIRES,STALLED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2704U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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