- Date
- October 2, 1976
- Place
- Hagerstown, IN · HAGERSTOWN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6945HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761002042119A
- Case key
- 156087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4142 76/10/2 NR.HAGERSTOWN,IN CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N6945H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KOKOMO,IN RETURN RICHMOND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6945H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.