- Date
- February 14, 1973
- Place
- Perry, FL · PERRY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N84051Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730214005299A
- Case key
- 173575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3078 73/2/14 PERRY,FLA CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 195 TIME - 1911 N84051 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.PETERSBURG,FLA HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.TSTM IN AREA.PIECE OF BULLET FOUND IN PLTS HEART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84051
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Perry
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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