C172 PAX ATTEMPTING TO SCATTER HUMAN ASHES OVER A CEMETERY INADVERTENTLY DROPS THE BAG WHICH FALLS THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE AREA.

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I WAS APCHED BY A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE TO DO A FAVOR FOR A FRIEND OF HIS; AND TAKE THEM UP TO SPREAD A RELATIVE'S HUMAN REMAINS (ASHES) OVER THE CEMETERY. EVERYONE IN THE ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED; PRIOR TO TKOF; ON HOW TO HOLD THE BAG AND ENSURE THAT THE ASHES WOULD POUR OUT WITHOUT MISHAPS. THE PLAN WAS FOR THE PAX (L FRONT SEAT) TO HOLD THE WINDOW OPEN WHILE THE PAX IN THE L REAR SEAT SPREAD THE ASHES OVER THE CEMETERY. I WAS PLTING THE ACFT FROM THE R SEAT BECAUSE THE ONLY OPENING WINDOW IS ON THE L SIDE. WE DID A SIMULATED PASS OVER THE CEMETERY BEFORE THE ACTUAL SPREADING OF THE ASHES. ON OUR SECOND AND FINAL PASS OVER; THE WINDOW WAS OPENED AS PLANNED AND THE BAG WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE WINDOW AS PLANNED. THE PERSON IN THE L REAR SEAT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING THE BAG OUT THE WINDOW; UNEXPECTEDLY LET GO. SURPRISED THAT HE HAD JUST LET GO; I ASKED HIM IF THE BAG RIPPED OPEN; AND HE ASSURED ME THAT IT HAD 'PARTIALLY BROKE OPEN.' AS THE PLT; I SAW HIM RELEASE THE BAG; BUT I DID NOT WITNESS WHERE THE BAG WENT OR IF THE ASHES DID IN FACT COME OUT OF THE BAG. IN THE AFTERNOON; 2 DAYS LATER; IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN THAT THE BAG HAD NOT OPENED AS I WAS LED TO BELIEVE; AND IT HAD GONE THROUGH THE ROOF OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE NEXT TO THE CEMETERY.