- Date
- July 6, 1972
- Place
- Tunica, MS · TUNICA, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3965LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1966 72/7/6 NR.TUNICA,MISS CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1850 TIME - UNK/NR N3965L PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PLT-PSBL DISORIENTN DUE INJESTN LRG AMT TRANQ DRUG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,NO MOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3965L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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