- Date
- November 25, 1977
- Place
- Slatington, PA · SLATINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3790SCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771125035639A
- Case key
- 144619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3484 77/11/25 SLATINGTON,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N3790S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLATINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLATINGTON,PA NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3790S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Slatington
N3790SRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2011 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N3790S · 1
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