- Date
- July 15, 1982, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Latham, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26209Cessna R172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820715029029A
- Case key
- 71379
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Analysis
Pilot reduced power to idle on final approach and when he tried to add power there was no response. No reason for failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26209
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1720159
- Airframe hours
- 3,016
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Watervliet Flying Club
- Registered owner
- U.S. Army
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Airport
- ALB · Albany County Airport, runway 28, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N26209Registration cancelled Aug 22, 2012 · Cessna R172EAirframe modelCessna R172EEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 4 in this make and model · 436 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.