- Date
- December 9, 1979
- Place
- Mona Island, PR · MONA ISLAND, PR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737MECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791209037089A
- Case key
- 132195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3866 79/12/9 MONA ISLAND,PR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 855 TIME - 1615 N737ME PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONA ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTO DOMINGO,D.R. ST CROIX,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION 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- ENG EXHAUST VLV FAILED.DRG FORCED LNDG,ACFT COLLIDED W BRUSH AFTER DEPG END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737ME
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mona Island
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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.