- Date
- August 13, 1973
- Place
- Huntingdon Vly, PA · HUNTINGDON VLY, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7060GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730813028369A
- Case key
- 201627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2774 73/8/13 HUNTINGDON VLY,PA CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1640 N7060G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COLTS NECK,NJ RETURN TRENTON,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- PLT HAD HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7060G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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