Cessna 172F N7954U
24 March 1969 · Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 24 March 1969 at about 22:04 local time, a Cessna 172F registered N7954U, operated by Taro Construct, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:04
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Nearest airport
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172F
- Registration
- N7954U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Taro Construct
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Dual
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-1107
People
3 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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
PLT STATED HE WAS FLYING IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS.ACFT STRUCK HIGH TENSION WIRES 133 FT ABOVE GROUND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172D | Couts, Canada | W.h.flyers Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1969 | Cessna 172 | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States | K Airways, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1969 | Cessna 172 | Sunfair, California, United States | Parflite, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1969 | Cessna 172H | Fort Worth, Texas, United States | Space City Air | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172B | Melbourne, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1969 | Cessna 172 | Hernando, Mississippi, United States | Hi-Air Inc | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |