MIA65I0081

NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 172F · Aiken, SC · February 9, 1965

Incident · FatalClosed
Date
February 9, 1965
Place
Aiken, SC · AIKEN, SC
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N3021UCessna 172F
Status
Completed · report October 28, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
179715

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0008   65/2/9    AIKEN SC            CESSNA 172F         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 21, 0
        TIME - 0245                    N3021U              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AIKEN MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

Aircraft

Registration
N3021U
Reported as
Cessna 172F
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Aiken Municipal

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.