- Date
- August 30, 1974
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5142RCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740830037639A
- Case key
- 138754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3497 74/8/30 MISSING AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 150 TIME - UNK/NR N5142R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATHENS,GA CHARLESTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DAMAGE & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5142R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5142RRegistration cancelled Jun 2, 2004 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5142R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.