- Date
- February 8, 1973
- Place
- Pilot Knob, MO · PILOT KNOB, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7386TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730208003459A
- Case key
- 169475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0189 73/2/8 PILOT KNOB,MO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 72, 33000 TIME - 1200 N7386T PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 21000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POCAHONTAS,ARK ST LOUIS,MO. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PIPE LINE PATROL.NR 3 INTAKE VALVE FAILED.UNABLE TO CLR TREES DUE LOW ALT-400FT,AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7386T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.