# NTSB MIA70FKT05: Cessna 172B, N8164X, Loxahatchee, FL, February 5, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1970
- Place: Loxahatchee, FL · LOXAHATCHEE, FL
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70FKT05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70FKT05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0278   70/2/5    LOXAHATCHEE,FLA     CESSNA 172B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2300
        TIME - 1530                    N8164X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LANTANA,FLA                 CLEWISTON,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LANDED ON CANAL LEVEE,HIT ROCK,VEERED OFF LEVEE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8164X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8164X-1979-04-10), registration cancelled 1979-04-10, S/N 17248664 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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