Cessna 172 N8832U
8 October 1971 · Meyerstown, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 October 1971 at about 17:07 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8832U, operated by Bindery Associ, was involved in an accident during in flight near Meyerstown, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board. In all, 4 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:07
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Meyerstown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lebanon Valley
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N8832U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Bindery Associ
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Check
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Lancaster, Pa → Return
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3312
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 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
PRIVATE PLT FLT CK. L OUTBOARD WG PANEL OF BOTH ACFT SEPARATED IN FLT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1971 | Cessna 172D | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | Skylife, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 May 1971 | Cessna 172 | Electric Cty, Washington, United States | Coulee Barons | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 1971 | Cessna 172 | Julian, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 1 Feb 1971 | Cessna 172K | Edmonton, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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