# NTSB MIA75AM059: Cessna 172H, Olive Branch, MS, February 17, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: February 17, 1975
- Place: Olive Branch, MS · OLIVE BRANCH, MS
- Location: 34.9618° N, 89.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olive Branch, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, April 24, 1975
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA75AM059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1074  75/2/17    OLIVE BRANCH,MS     CESSNA 172H         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 228
        TIME - 0040                    N2497L              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVE BRANCH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RULEVILLE,MS                OLIVE BRANCH,MS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       51
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          260                                                       15
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
```

## Sequence of events

- Uncontrolled descent

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2497L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2497L-1975-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: OLIVE BRANCH
- FAA reports: 19750217013289A (https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750217013289A) (OpenAirDocs)

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

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