Plane Crash List

Cessna 182A N4068D

11 April 1972 · Walla Walla, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 11 April 1972 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N4068D was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Walla Walla, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Walla Walla City
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 182A
Registration
N4068D
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Z
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-0682

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 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

DARK NITE, SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN AROUND ARPT.PLT HADNT FLOWN HI WG ACFT AT NITE BEFORE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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