Cessna 172 N6870X
19 March 1984 · Flemingburg, Kentucky, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 March 1984 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6870X was involved in an accident near Flemingburg, Kentucky, United States. 4 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 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Flemingburg, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates
- 38.6193, -83.7792
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N6870X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Flemingburg → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL84LA124
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE FLT WAS ABOUT 12 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AT 2000 FT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PLT ESTABLISHEDAN EMERG DESCENT TO AN OPEN FIELD, RAN THROUGH A SMALL POND AND FLIPPED INVERTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WX CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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