Cessna 172F N8744U

29 February 1972 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 29 February 1972, a Cessna 172F registered N8744U, operated by South Bay Airp, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 February 1972
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172F
Registration: N8744U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: South Bay Airp
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Catalina Is, Calif → San Diego, Calif
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-0100

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.

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DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0100, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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1 Jul 1972	Cessna 172K N7363G	Maysville, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
12 Mar 1972	Cessna 172G N4246L	Orion, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
30 Nov 1972	Cessna 172 N7213A	Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1972	Cessna 172 N5352T	S.luis Potosi, Mexico no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
21 Jul 1972	Cessna 172G N5885R	North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1972	Cessna 172A N7782T	Rome, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Woods School O	No injuries	-

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3 Oct 1972	Cessna 172K N7369G	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Diamond Aviati	Fatal	1
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16 Oct 1972	Cessna 310C N1812H	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Pan Alaska Air	Fatal	4
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