# NTSB CHI71AC050: Cessna 172, N8342L, Missing Aircraft, January 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 3, 1971
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71AC050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71AC050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0130   71/1/3    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, UNK/NR
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8342L              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LADYSMITH,WIS               HOLLAND,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8342L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8342L-1972-05-03), registration cancelled 1972-05-03, S/N 17256542 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (registry code 2072426) (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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