# NTSB MKC73AK004: Cessna 172, N3965L, Tunica, MS, July 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1972
- Place: Tunica, MS · TUNICA, MS
- Location: 34.6881° N, 90.3809° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tunica, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6881&lon=-90.3809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC73AK004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK004

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3965L-1972-10-05), registration cancelled 1972-10-05, S/N 17254134, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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