- Date
- July 14, 1979
- Place
- Hanover, PA · HANOVER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7260MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790714016739A
- Case key
- 134662
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1915 79/7/14 HANOVER,PA CESSNA 175 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0437 N7260M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 47, 10260 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 227 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEVENER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HANOVER,PA WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 CYL-COMPRESSION TEST 5-10 PSI. INNER VALVE SPRING,P/N 625957,TESTED BELOW MIN. VALVE BURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7260M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Devener
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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.