- Date
- April 16, 1969
- Place
- Summerton, SC · SUMMERTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50001Cessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0573 69/4/16 SUMMERTON,SC CESSNA 172D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 294 TIME - 2030 N50001 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOAT ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED IN LAKE. INVEST DISCLOSED NO ENG MALFUNCTION. DARK NITE,NO HORIZON REFERENCE. PAX DROWNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50001
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goat Island
N50001Registration cancelled Mar 19, 2013 · Cessna 172DAirframe modelCessna 172DEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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