- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Newellton, LA · NEWELLTON, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6941XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1142 66/5/8 NEWELLTON LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N6941X PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION AGE 24, 450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 91 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PILOT SAID ENGINE OVERHEATED,LANDED ON SAND BAR,STRUCK LOG,WENT INTO RIVER.ENGINE LATER CHECKED OK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6941X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6941XRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2017 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N6941X · 1
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