# NTSB IAD69A0053: Cessna 172, N2072Y, Emporia, VA, April 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 4, 1969
- Place: Emporia, VA · EMPORIA, VA
- Location: 36.6962° N, 77.5360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emporia, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6962&lon=-77.5360&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190985
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD69A0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD69A0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0634   69/4/4    EMPORIA,VA          CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 180
        TIME - 0950                    N2072Y              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPORIA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          MIDDLETOWN,DEL              MERRITT ISLAND,FLA           RALEIGH-DURHAM,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      2000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/1/69. ACFT IMPACTED AT STEEP ANGLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2072Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2072Y-1970-01-15), registration cancelled 1970-01-15, S/N 17249572 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (registry code 2072410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Emporia

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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