Cessna 172 N12478

5 February 1975 · New Smyrna Bch, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 February 1975 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N12478, operated by Embry Riddle A, was involved in an accident during in flight near New Smyrna Bch, Florida, 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: 5 February 1975 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: New Smyrna Bch, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Daytona Beach Reg
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172
Registration: N12478
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Embry Riddle A
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0402

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

LOW ALT FLT OVR OCEAN.NOSE GR STRUCK WATER, SEPARATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0402, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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