- Date
- November 18, 1971
- Place
- Jonesville, LA · JONESVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84612Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3572 71/11/18 JONESVILLE,LA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 390 TIME - 0215 N84612 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA VIDALIA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- CAUSE OF ELEC MALFNCTN NOT DTRMD. PLT CRASH LANDED ACFT ON ROUGH UNLIGHTED TERRAIN AT NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84612
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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