- Date
- August 2, 1979
- Place
- Germansville, PA · GERMANSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1543YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790802021739A
- Case key
- 134726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2170 79/8/2 GERMANSVILLE,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 890 TIME - 1230 N1543Y PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 640 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING M RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GERMANSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1543Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying M Ranch
N1543YRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1543Y · 2
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