- Date
- May 26, 1986, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cairo, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13650Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860526019379A
- Case key
- 30190
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.
Analysis
Witnesses saw black smoke trailing the acft shortly after it became airborne about 50 ft above the rwy. Shortly afterward, a loss of power loss occurred. The acft descended and collided with the ground in a nose low attitude. The rwy is 2,700 ft long and surrounded by trees. The acft came to rest to the left of and near the end of rwy 14. Exam of the acft disclosed that a piece of the mounting gasket for the carb air filter, a non-cessna four piece part, was lodged in the venturi section of the carburetor. Also revealed was that the carburetor float was not buoyant and resulted in engine fuel flooding. The acft was using automotive fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13650
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262910
- Airframe hours
- 802
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Al Leis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- NY04 · Cairo, NY
- Airport
- NY04 · Sport Haven, runway 14, 2,700 × 85 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,050 total · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.