# NTSB CHI73AC025: Cessna 172, N5745A, Martinsville, IN, August 24, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 24, 1972
- Place: Martinsville, IN · MARTINSVILLE, IN
- Location: 39.4147° N, 86.4317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4147&lon=-86.4317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73AC025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC025

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mcdaniel Strip

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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