# Accident 20040915025719A: Cessna 336, Magee, MS, September 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2004, 02:50 local time
- Place: Magee, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8183° N, 89.8139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8183&lon=-89.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3832U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3832U-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 336 (registry code 2075602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 47 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040915025719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF MAGEE AIRPORT, MAGEE, MS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04FA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA135), Sep 15, 2004: Cessna 336 (N3832U), Magee, MS, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot/ airplane owner's lack of training in night operations, which resulted in spatial disorientation, a loss of control, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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