- Date
- September 29, 1978
- Place
- Chiefland, FL · CHIEFLAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737ELCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780929031779A
- Case key
- 138936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2810 78/9/29 NR.CHIEFLAND,FL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N737EL PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CROSS CITY,FL LAKELAND,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: AMPLIFIER AND COMPUTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- CESSNA AUTO PILOT CA295B RESISTOR PN3410563 SEVERELY BURNED.DITCH NOT DISCERNABLE FROM AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737EL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.