- Date
- January 20, 1970
- Place
- Merritt Islnd, FL · MERRITT ISLND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N35403Cessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0054 70/1/20 MERRITT ISLND,FLA CESSNA 172I CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 10000 TIME - 1320 N35403 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRITT ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRITT ISLND,FLA TAMPA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED SPIRAL DIVE INTO RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35403
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merritt Island
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