# NTSB CHI70AC086: Cessna 172, N7487T, Missing Aircraft, May 31, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 31, 1970
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70AC086
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70AC086

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0752  70/5/31    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 28, UNK/NR
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N7487T              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ONTONAGON,MICH              ANN ARBOR,MICH               PELLSTON,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- DATE,DMG,AND INJURY PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7487T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7487T-1971-03-26), registration cancelled 1971-03-26, S/N 47087 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (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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