- Date
- January 19, 1981
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N739EPCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810119002219A
- Case key
- 127372
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0236 81/1/19 SYRACUSE,NY CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1753 N739EP PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 52, 1939 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAHLGREN,VA SYRACUSE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD ON SNOW CVRD TRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hancock
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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.
Other investigations on N739EP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC93LA146Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLeeds, METhe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB NYC82DA096Accident · No injuriesFinal reportTaberg, NYThe aircraft touched down about 1/3 of the way down grass runway. The pilot reported the runway surface was slippery and that he should have approached from the opposite direction where 50 foot wires were not a clearance problem.