N American SNJ-4 N7056C

6 July 1972 · Thief Rvr Fl, Minnesota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 July 1972 at about 20:45 local time, a N American SNJ-4 registered N7056C was involved in an accident during in flight near Thief Rvr Fl, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 July 1972 at 20:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Thief Rvr Fl, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport: Thief River Falls
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American SNJ-4
Registration: N7056C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-1672

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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LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS.

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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 3-1672, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Jun 1971	N American SNJ-4 N9735Z	Cape May, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jul 1973	N American SNJ-4 N7008C	East Chatham, New York, United States no coordinates	D&D Aero Spray	Minor injuries	-
11 Mar 1971	N American SNJ-4 N7406C	Brownwood, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1971	N American SNJ-4 N1395N	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1971	N American SNJ-4 N6414D	Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1970	N American SNJ-4 N6411D	Dothan, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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