# NTSB CHI73AC054: Cessna 182N, N9002G, Missing Aircraft, December 7, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 7, 1972
- 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 March 30, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73AC054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3769   72/12/7   MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 182N         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 354
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9002G              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOLINE,ILL                  NORTHBROOK,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG AND INJ INDEX PRESUMED.PARTS OF SIMILAR ACFT WASHED ASHORE.NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9002G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9002G-1974-05-08), registration cancelled 1974-05-08, S/N 18260542 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (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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