Cessna 140 N72930
7 October 1978 · Mesa, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 October 1978 at about 07:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N72930 was involved in an accident during in flight near Mesa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 07:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mesa, Arizona, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140
- Registration
- N72930
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Avra Valley, Az → Sedona, Az
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3112
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
ROAD SIGN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 1978 | Cessna 140 | Winters, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Jan 1978 | Cessna 140 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1978 | Cessna 140A | Concord, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 1978 | Cessna 140 | Groveland, Florida, United States | Classic Flyers | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 1978 | Cessna 140 | Plainville, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 1978 | Cessna 140 | Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 1978 | Cessna 150L | Hallandale, Mississippi, United States | Boardman Aviat | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1978 | Cessna 310Q | Destin, Florida, United States | Araguel Sander | No injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 1978 | Beechcraft S-35 | Audubon, Iowa, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 29 May 1978 | Piper PA-23 | Longdale, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Aug 1978 | Bell 47G4A | New Rochelle, New York, United States | Island Helicop | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1978 | Piper PA-31 | Arlington, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 9 |