# NTSB NYC84LA176: Cessna 172, N73748, Sayville, NY, May 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1984, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Sayville, NY
- Location: 40.7476° N, 73.0852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sayville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7476&lon=-73.0852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35561/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA176

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing

## Analysis

ABOUT 6 MIN AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND ADVISED THE TOWER THAT HE WOULD BE LANDING IN THE WATER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73748](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73748-1984-07-16), registration cancelled 1984-07-16, S/N 17267647 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267647
- Airframe hours: 2700
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mid-Country Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 2, 1983, 64 hours before
- Departed: ISP, SAYVILLE, NY
- Destination: BROOKHAVEN, NY
- Airport: L. I. Mcarthur

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 155 total, 8 in this make and model, 86 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840516017159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840516017159A), May 16, 1984: Cessna 172N, Sayville, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a local flight. Ditched the aircraft a few yards offshore. Possible carburetor icing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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