# NTSB CHI72FLQ32: Mong Sport MS-2, N2376, Elizabethtown, KY, March 25, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 25, 1972
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Location: 37.6987° N, 85.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6987&lon=-85.8767&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FLQ32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FLQ32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0379  72/3/25    ELIZABETHTOWN,KY    MONG SPORT MS-2     CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 411
        TIME - 1555                    N2376               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ELIZABETHTOWN,KY            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2376](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2376-1981-03-13), registration cancelled 1981-03-13, S/N 8129F, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MONG SPORT MS-2
- Registry model: [Mong Sport MS-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/mong-sport-ms-2) (registry code 57901H2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Elizabethtown

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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