- Date
- October 29, 1972
- Place
- Fort Hancock, TX · FORT HANCOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5959MCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3492 72/10/29 FORT HANCOCK,TEX CESSNA 421 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4710 TIME - 1815 N5959M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TEX PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN WHILE IN SLIGHT DESCENT FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. RECOVERY DATE 12/9/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5959M
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5959MRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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