Cessna 172B N7444X

Summary

On 17 May 1982 at about 20:38 local time, a Cessna 172B registered N7444X, operated by Elliott E. Crable, was involved in an accident near Crows Landing, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 May 1982 at 20:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Crows Landing, California, United States

Nearest airport

Crows Landing Nas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172B

Registration

N7444X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Elliott E. Crable

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Patterson → Visalia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA179

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER CLIMBING TO 3000 FT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, THE PILOT PUMPED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE POWER BECAME ERRATIC. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT A NAVAL AIR STATION BUT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD WHEN THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED AN IRRIGATION DITCH AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINEREVEALED NO PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.