Cessna 150 N6602G

8 December 1972 · Neuvo Empradr, Central America · No injuries

Summary

On 8 December 1972 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6602G, operated by Chagres Aero C, was involved in an accident during in flight near Neuvo Empradr, Central America. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 December 1972 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Neuvo Empradr, Central America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 150
Registration: N6602G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Chagres Aero C
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chitre, Panama → Gamboa, Canal Zone
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0052

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	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

HIT JUNGLE.INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PANAMANIAN GOV.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 6-0052, 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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Central America 33 Cessna 150 10,427 1972 4,478

Other Cessna 150 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Aug 1972	Cessna 150F N948MA	Andes, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1972	Cessna 150K N5674G	Andytown, Florida, United States no coordinates	Burnside-Ott T	No injuries	-
18 May 1972	Cessna 150E N2567J	Waterflow, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Aug 1972	Cessna 150G N4808X	Matagorda, Texas, United States no coordinates	Tradewinds AVI	No injuries	-
28 Jun 1972	Cessna 150K N6176G	Mahwah, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Teterboro Air	Minor injuries	-
11 Apr 1972	Cessna 150G N3843S	Clark Afbase, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Clark Aero CLU	No injuries	-

All 10,427 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Feb 1972	Mooney M20C N5844Q	Porvenir Islnd, Central America no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
25 Apr 1973	Aero Comdr 520 N4131B	Stan C, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1971	Bell 205A-1 N4771R	Costa Rica, Central America no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
5 Apr 1974	Piper PA-32 N5559J	Montego B, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Mar 1970	Douglas DC-8 N1803	Guayaquil, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Jan 1970	Cessna 337 N2125X	Guanaja, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 33 records in Central America