- Date
- July 8, 1966
- Place
- Roy, MT · ROY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7834XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0557 66/7/8 NR.ROY MONT CESSNA 172B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N7834X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 884 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8-30-66. PILOT DRANK INTOXICANTS EVE PRIOR TO 0400 TAKEOFF. HAD NOT SLEPT FOR 24 HRS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7834X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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