- Date
- December 19, 1967
- Place
- Dunedin, FL · DUNEDIN, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8074LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4542 67/12/19 DUNEDIN,FLA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 37 TOTAL TIME - 0200 N8074L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FIRST SOLO.ATTEMPTED NITE FLT OVER GULF WITH NO HORIZON. ARCRFT WHEEL EQUIP.SANK IN 30 FT OF WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8074L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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