- Date
- March 6, 1970
- Place
- Douglas, AZ · DOUGLAS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N79400Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0446 70/3/6 NR.DOUGLAS,ARIZ CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1005 TIME - 1930 N79400 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOGALES,ARIZ DEMING,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-3/9/70.DARK NITE,UNLITED DESOLATE AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79400
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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