Cessna 172G N4249L
8 July 1970 · Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 July 1970 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 172G registered N4249L, operated by S.c.wing, was involved in an accident during in flight near Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Beech Mountain
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172G
- Registration
- N4249L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- S.c.wing
- Operating rule
- Civil Air Patrol
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Spartanburg, Sc
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0963
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
TOOK OFF INTO RISING TERRAIN. DENSITY ALT ABOUT 5000 FT. CRASHED INTO MNTN SLOPE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |