# NTSB CHI67A0035: Cessna 172, N6725A, Detroit, MI, September 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1966
- Place: Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1094   66/9/3  NR.DETROIT MICH       CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 58, 425
        TIME - 1145                    N6725A              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 309 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ENRTE DETROIT-BUFFALO NY BELIEVED TO BE ACFT OBSV CRASH IN LK ST CLAIR.DAMAGE,INJURY INDEX PRESUMD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6725A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6725A-2013-09-26), registration cancelled 2013-09-26, S/N 28825, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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