- Date
- August 18, 1968
- Place
- Fulton, NY · FULTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6908XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2982 68/8/18 FULTON,NY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 48, 2500 TIME - 1505 N6908X PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOLE BURNED IN ONE PISTON. SEVERAL VALVES BURNED. HIGH TIME ENG. PLT CHOSE INADEQUATE FLD FOR LNDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6908X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fulton
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