# NTSB MIA78FA123: Cessna 172N, N666ZH, Gautier, MS, September 11, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1978
- Place: Gautier, MS · GAUTIER, MS
- Location: 30.4062° N, 88.6593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gautier, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4062&lon=-88.6593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 139534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA78FA123
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA123

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4129  78/9/11  NR.GAUTIER,MS         CESSNA 172N         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6376
        TIME - 1230                    N666ZH              PX-  0  0  0  FISH SPOTTING             TOTAL HOURS, 4123 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GULFPARK,MS                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N666ZH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666ZH-2013-09-26), registration cancelled 2013-09-26, S/N 17268449, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (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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