Cessna 172L N7840G

30 December 1974 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 30 December 1974, a Cessna 172L registered N7840G 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: 30 December 1974
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172L
Registration: N7840G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: North Las Vegas, Nev → San Jose, Calif
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4234

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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ACFT 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 3-4234, 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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