- Date
- August 24, 1972
- Place
- Martinsville, IN · MARTINSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5745ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168373
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3317 72/8/24 MARTINSVILLE,IND CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 631 TIME - 2200 N5745A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDANIEL STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTINSVILLE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 8/25/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5745A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcdaniel Strip