- Date
- March 10, 1967
- Place
- Matagorda Is., TX · MATAGORDA IS., TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8016XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1168 67/3/10 NR.MATAGORDA IS. TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N8016X PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 20, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR 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- PILOTS BODY RECOVERED. ACFT MISSING NEAR MATAGORDA IS.DAMAGE AND PAX INJURIES PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8016X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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