- Date
- April 4, 1965
- Place
- 38ne Tacna, AZ · 38NE TACNA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2103YCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0312 65/4/4 38NE TACNA ARIZ CESSNA 172D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 80 TOTAL TIME - 2330 N2103Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 04/11/65. ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURINGNITE FLIGHT OVER AN AREA OF DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2103Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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