- Date
- August 7, 1970
- Place
- Gorham, NY · GORHAM, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3813LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3003 70/8/7 GORHAM,NY CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N3813L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ OSHAWA,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RIVET FAILURE AT UPPER UNIVERSAL JOINT DISENGAGED ONE SIDE.SELECTOR DID NOT TURN VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3813L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N3813L · 3
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