- Date
- December 31, 1968
- Place
- Floris, IA · FLORIS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46242Cessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4489 68/12/31 FLORIS,IOWA CESSNA 172I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 449 TIME - 1530 N46242 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TEMPERATURE -10 DEGREES. LANDED ON ROAD, HIT ROAD STOP SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46242
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N46242Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Cessna 172IAirframe modelCessna 172IEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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