- Date
- March 16, 1984, 18:16 local (23:16 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1242UCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840316007379A
- Case key
- 31100
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircrew were practicing touch & go landings when a loss of power occurred. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during an emergency landing in a field. An investigation revealed that the throttle linkage had become disconnected at the carburetor support fitting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1242U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266937
- Airframe hours
- 3,454
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Royal Sons Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- St Petersburg-Clearwater, runway 9, 5,165 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.