- Date
- August 27, 1969
- Place
- Horseheads, NY · HORSEHEADS, NY
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3175TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2718 69/8/27 HORSEHEADS,NY CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 227 TIME - 1553 N3175T PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEMUNG COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WILLIAMSPORT,PA WILLIAMSPORT,PA ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- STEEP R TURN APRX 10-15FT ABOVE GRND TO COMPLETE 180 DEG TURN TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3175T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chemung County
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