- Date
- June 28, 1987, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79041Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870628027549A
- Case key
- 30644
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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
The plt rprtd that drg takeoff, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft crashed into an area of brush on level terrain about 1/2 mi off the departure end of the rwy. The operator rprtd that in a conversation with the plt, the plt indicated that he had taken off with the fuel selector in the 'off' position. The plt did not file an acdnt rprt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79041
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257836
- Airframe hours
- 8,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- New England Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 28, 1987
- Destination
- WST · Westerly, RI
- Airport
- BID · Block Island State, runway 28, 2,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N79041 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.