- Date
- October 6, 1973
- Place
- Bloomingburg, NY · BLOOMINGBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7938GCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731006032759A
- Case key
- 188106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3458 73/10/6 BLOOMINGBURG,NY CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 93 TOTAL TIME - 2335 N7938G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,NY ELLENVILLE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOLLOWING ENGINE STOPPAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7938G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7938G · 1
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