# NTSB DIA69A0010: Cessna 172C, N1505Y, Rock Hall, MD, August 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1968
- Place: Rock Hall, MD · ROCK HALL, MD
- Location: 39.1405° N, 76.2405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hall, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1405&lon=-76.2405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2970  68/8/23    ROCK HALL,MD        CESSNA 172C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 364
        TIME - 2100                    N1505Y              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- ACFT MISSING ENROUTE ESSEX SKYPARK,MD-OCEAN CITY,MD. BODIES FOUND 8-26-68. ACFT PRESUMED IN WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1505Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1505Y-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 172-49205, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Registry model: [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (registry code 2072408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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