Cessna 172RG N966LA
17 September 1996 · Aurora, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 September 1996 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N966LA was involved in an accident near Aurora, Illinois, 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 12:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aurora, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Aurora Municipal (ARR)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172RG
- Registration
- N966LA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- CHI96LA352
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
The airplane was allegedly stolen during the night and discovered upside down between the runway and taxiway the following morning. Approximately 0.6 hours had been recorded on the engine tachometer. Injury index presumed.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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