Cessna 172K N79073
3 August 1969 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 August 1969 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N79073, operated by Abilene Flight, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N79073
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Abilene Flight
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Rockwall, Tex → Abilene, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0051
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 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
CESSNA L WG STRUCK B-707 L HORIZ STAB. NEITHER PLT SAW EACH OTHER. CESSNA WAS FLYING INTO THE SUN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172D | Couts, Canada | W.h.flyers Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1969 | Cessna 172 | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States | K Airways, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1969 | Cessna 172 | Sunfair, California, United States | Parflite, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1969 | Cessna 172H | Fort Worth, Texas, United States | Space City Air | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172B | Melbourne, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1969 | Cessna 172 | Hernando, Mississippi, United States | Hi-Air Inc | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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