- Date
- April 22, 1978
- Place
- Stow, MA · STOW, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5927ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780422016479A
- Case key
- 141549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2336 78/4/22 STOW,MA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2409 TIME - 1450 N5927A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 536 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINUTE MAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOW,MA GARDNER,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5927A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minute Man
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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.