- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4417VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819025019A
- Case key
- 139637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2710 78/8/19 BLOCK ISLAND,RI CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 205 TIME - 1415 N4417V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CT BLOCK ISLAND,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4417V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island
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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.