Cessna 172 N46374
20 December 1971 · Greencastle, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 December 1971 at about 19:35 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N46374, operated by Greencastle AI, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Greencastle, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Greencastle, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Greencastle
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N46374
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Greencastle AI
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Charleston, W Va → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4139
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
PLT RTRCTD FLPS, VEERED OFF RWY, HIT DITCH, NSD OVER.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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