# NTSB LAX76AL044: Cessna 172M, N50078, Olney Springs, CO, January 8, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 8, 1976
- Place: Olney Springs, CO · OLNEY SPRINGS, CO
- Location: 38.1663° N, 103.9445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olney Springs, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1663&lon=-103.9445&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX76AL044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0057   76/1/8  NR.OLNEY SPRINGS,CO   CESSNA 172M         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 199
        TIME - 1205                    N50078              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAMAR,CO                    LA JUNTA,CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
        REMARKS- PLT HAD MDT TO SEVERE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50078](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50078-1976-04-01), registration cancelled 1976-04-01, S/N 17264193, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760108001899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760108001899A), Jan 8, 1976: Cessna 172M, Olney Springs, CO, Destroyed. Plt had MDT to severe arteriosclerosis

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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