# NTSB NYC73AN079: Cessna 172K, N46717, Bennington, VT, December 12, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 12, 1972
- Place: Bennington, VT · BENNINGTON, VT
- Location: 42.8711° N, 73.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8711&lon=-73.1802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73AN079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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