# NTSB CHI67F0056: Cessna 172G, N3969L, Columbia, IL, June 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1966
- Place: Columbia, IL · COLUMBIA, IL
- Location: 38.4581° N, 90.2160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4581&lon=-90.2160&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67F0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1516  66/6/14    COLUMBIA ILL        CESSNA 172G         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1542
        TIME - 1520                    N3969L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- HIGH BLUFF AT EAST END OF RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3969L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3969L-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N 17254138, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- 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: Columbia

## Other investigations on N3969L (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 ERA15FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA203), May 3, 2015: Cessna 172 (N3969L), Penn Yan, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the student's inappropriate configuration of the airplane's wing flaps for the…

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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