Cessna 170A N9501A

19 August 1965 · Metropolis, Illinois, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 19 August 1965 at about 22:05 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N9501A, operated by Flying Country, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Metropolis, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 August 1965 at 22:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Metropolis, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Metroplis
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 170A
Registration: N9501A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Flying Country
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 2-0824

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

POST MORTEM INDICATED PILOT MAY HAVE SUFFERED INCAPACITATING ATTACK OF PANCREATITIS-NOT CONCLUSIVE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0824, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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28 Jan 1965	Cessna 170 N4037V	Tucson Ariz, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Sep 1965	Cessna 170B N3513C	Chamblee, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Apr 1965	Cessna 170B N4538C	Merced Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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14 Aug 1965	Cessna 170B N3405C	Skyranch S Dak, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
20 Dec 1965	Cessna 170 N4192V	Guthrie Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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