- Date
- October 23, 1964
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2142YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0751 64/10/23 NR.HOUSTON TEXAS CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 19, TIME - 1155 N2142Y PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 100 TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/23/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2142Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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