- Date
- March 5, 1968
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL · ST.AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1868YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4313 68/3/5 ST.AUGUSTINE,FLA CESSNA 172C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 506 TIME - 2130 N1868Y PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRCHILD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM UNLIGHTED RNWY OVER OCEAN ON DARK NIGHT. RECOVERY DATE 3/9/68. PAX MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1868Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairchild
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