- Date
- October 12, 1973
- Place
- Alexandria Bay, NY · ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N46100Cessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731012033029A
- Case key
- 188214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 73/10/12 ALEXANDRIA BAY,NY CESSNA 172I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N46100 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TREADWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMILLUS,NY ALEXANDRIA BAY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT MISTOOK UNIMPROVED FIELD FOR AIRPORT.ENGINE FAILED DURING ATTEMPT TO ABORT APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46100
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Treadway
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.