Cessna 172N N734ML

Summary

On 13 October 1984 at about 00:59 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N734ML, operated by Emporia Aviation, was involved in an accident near Hoopeston, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 October 1984 at 00:59

Classification

Accident

Location

Hoopeston, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

40.4593, -87.6693

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N734ML

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Emporia Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paxton → Lafayette

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI85FA014

1 person died.

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

THE PLT LANDED SHORT OF DESTINATION & REPORTED TO FSS THAT HE DID SO BECAUSE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. AFTER RECEIVING A WX BRIEFING THE NON-INST PLT CANCELLED HIS VFR FLT PLAN. ONE HOUR LATER THE PLT CALLED FSS & WAS RE-BRIEFED ON THE WX. THE WX AT HIS DESTINATION, 55 MI TO THE EAST, WAS VFR. THE PLT RE-FILED HIS FLT PLAN & DEPARTED INTO DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS. THE ACFT CRASHED 17.5 MI EAST OF HIS DEPARTURE POINT. LOCAL RESIDENTS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA. THE 52 HR TOTAL TIME PLT CRASHED IN A DESCENDING RT TURN IN AN OPEN FIELD. THIS WAS THE PLT'S FIRST SOLO FLT IN THIS MAKE/MODEL ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.