Cessna 172K N78235
11 May 1972 · Portales, New Mexico, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 11 May 1972 at about 04:20 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N78235, operated by Portales Valle, was involved in an accident during in flight near Portales, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Portales, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Portales
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K
- Registration
- N78235
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Portales Valle
- Operating rule
- Flying Club
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Farmington, N Mex
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0745
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
FLEW INTO GRND. PLT WAS INFORMED BY FSS WEA BLO VFR MINIMUMS. BELIEVED RET TO PORTALES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1972 | Cessna 172G | Orion, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 30 Nov 1972 | Cessna 172 | Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1972 | Cessna 172 | S.luis Potosi, Mexico | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172G | North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172A | Rome, Georgia, United States | Woods School O | No injuries | - |
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