Cessna 172E N5615T
17 March 1978 · Leitchfield, Kentucky, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 17 March 1978 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 172E registered N5615T was involved in an accident during in flight near Leitchfield, Kentucky, 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
- at 16:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leitchfield, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172E
- Registration
- N5615T
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Indianapolis, In → Bowling Green, Ky
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1221
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.
Read the full NTSB narrative
FLEW INTO INTENSE SNOWSHOWER, CRASHED INTO RIVER.WRECKAGE FND 3/18/78.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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