Cessna 172 N6839X
25 September 1970 · Port Sulphur, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 September 1970 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6839X, operated by Best Equipment, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Port Sulphur, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Port Sulphur, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Port Sulphur Spb
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N6839X
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Best Equipment
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Z → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3855
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
FLOAT EQUIPPED. LND IN 80 FT CANAL DUE TSTM. L WG CAUGHT TREE. VEERED INTO BANK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |