- Date
- December 12, 1972
- Place
- Bennington, VT · BENNINGTON, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46717Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1504 72/12/12 BENNINGTON,VT CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1125 N46717 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENNINGTON,VT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSVD TO FLY INTO WOODS ON SIDE OF EAST MT.NO EVASIVE ACTION OBSVD PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46717
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed