- Date
- February 15, 1972
- Place
- Tupelo, MS · TUPELO, MS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6996LCessna 310K
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164713
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0056 72/2/15 TUPELO,MISS CESSNA 310K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0817 N6996L PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 31, 2875 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C.D. LEMONS FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUPELO,MISS MACON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HUBS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- L PROP HUB FAILED ON TKOF,OIL CVRD WNDSHIELD,HIT 2 H34 HELS AND A C172,ALL SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6996L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- C.D. Lemons Fld
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.