Cessna 172K N78585
3 December 1969 · Ulysses, Kansas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 December 1969 at about 18:25 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N78585, operated by Reed Air Inc, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ulysses, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ulysses, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ulysses
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N78585
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Reed Air Inc
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3682
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
ACFT STRUCK UNLIGHTED POLE APRX 1060FT FROM APCHEND OF RNWY 12. LGTS OBTAINED, NOT INSTALLED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172D | Couts, Canada | W.h.flyers Inc | No injuries | - |
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| 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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