MIA66A0030

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172B · Englewood, FL · September 12, 1965

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 12, 1965
Place
Englewood, FL · ENGLEWOOD, FL
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N7652XCessna 172B
Status
Completed · report January 21, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
176417

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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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2-0789  65/9/12    ENGLEWOOD FLA       CESSNA 172B         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1817
        TIME - 1530                    N7652X              PX-  0  0  0  PARAJUMP-SPORT            TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-INCAPACITATION CAUSED BY MEDICATING DRUGS
        REMARKS- LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOR-TRIMETON,AN ANTI-HISTAMINE.

Aircraft

Registration
N7652X
Reported as
Cessna 172B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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.