Cessna 172F N8721U
4 December 1971 · Gainesville, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 4 December 1971 at about 04:30 local time, a Cessna 172F registered N8721U, operated by Sundowners, Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gainesville, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Gainesville
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172F
- Registration
- N8721U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sundowners, Inc
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Ft Myers, Fla → College Station, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4500
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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
NGT VFR FLT INTO FCSTD IFR WX, EXHSTD FUEL, DSNDD THRU OVRCST, CRASH LNDD IN TREE.PSGR FELL 40FT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 16 Jun 1971 | Cessna 172D | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | Skylife, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 May 1971 | Cessna 172 | Electric Cty, Washington, United States | Coulee Barons | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 1971 | Cessna 172 | Julian, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 1 Feb 1971 | Cessna 172K | Edmonton, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 May 1971 | Cessna 177 | Owosso, Michigan, United States | Metro Flying C | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 1971 | Piper PA-18 | Essex, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |