- Date
- December 4, 1985, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- East Moriches, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3530SCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851204062789A
- Case key
- 30276
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
Fuel system,carburetor - ice
Carburetor heat - improper use ofCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
The acft was substantially damaged when it collided with trees during a forced landing following a loss of pwr during a takeoff climb. The plt reported that the pwr loss resulted from carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3530S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250730
- Airframe hours
- 45
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bart F. Spadaro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1985
- Airport
- Spadaros
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,100 total · 7,100 in this make and model · 7,100 as pilot in command · 20 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.