- Date
- November 29, 1970
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8443XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2040 70/11/29 MISSING AIRCRAFT CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 110 TIME - UNK/NR N8443X PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ITHACA,NY PONTIAC,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LAST RADIO CTC MADE OVER LAKE ERIE. LOW CLGS,FOG IN AREA. ACFT DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8443X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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