- Date
- August 22, 1974
- Place
- Worcester, MA · WORCESTER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5681TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740822027469A
- Case key
- 134508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2324 74/8/22 WORCESTER,MASS CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 353 TIME - 1901 N5681T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 333 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORCESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PIECES OF SHREDDED PAPER LODGED IN VENTURI THROAT OF CARB.PAPER WAD LODGED BTWN CARB DOOR-HOUSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5681T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Worcester Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5681T · 2
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