- Date
- July 22, 1970
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT · BRIDGEPORT, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3172CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3073 70/7/22 NR.BRIDGEPORT,CONN CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 573 TIME - 1300 N3172C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 293 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONROE,CONN LAKEWOOD,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENG FAILED OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND OUT OF GLIDING DISTANCE OF LND. PLT AND PAX PARACHUTED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3172C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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