# NTSB CHI67D0636: Cessna 172, N3891L, Pittsfield, IL, October 20, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 20, 1966
- Place: Pittsfield, IL · PITTSFIELD, IL
- Location: 39.6005° N, 90.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6005&lon=-90.8101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67D0636
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0636

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4381  66/10/20   PITTSFIELD,ILL      CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 185
        TIME - 1620                    N3891L              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHUSTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3891L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3891L-2024-09-28), registration cancelled 2024-09-28, S/N 17254060, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shuster

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.

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