- Date
- May 10, 1972
- Place
- Modesto, CA · MODESTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3862SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3691 72/5/10 NR.MODESTO,CALIF CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 505 TIME - 2130 N3862S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CALIF MODESTO,CALIF 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 MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERED IN ORCHARD 5/11/72. SEVERE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3862S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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