- Date
- March 13, 1978
- Place
- Elberton, GA · ELBERTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7272MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780313005039A
- Case key
- 143341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0852 78/3/13 ELBERTON,GA CESSNA 175 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 917 TIME - 1705 N7272M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATZ FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELBERTON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7272M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patz Field
N7272MRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 175Airframe modelCessna 175Engine modelContinental GO-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7272M · 1
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