# NTSB CHI67F0093: Cessna 140, N2378N, Freaser, MI, July 22, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 22, 1966
- Place: Freaser, MI · FREASER, MI
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107174
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67F0093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0093-107174

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0274  66/7/22    FREASER MICH        CESSNA 140          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 64 TOTAL
        TIME - 1105                    N2378N              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MC KINLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        REMARKS- NO WARNING DEVICES ON HIGHWAY TO WARN MOTORISTS OF LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2378N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2378N-2020-08-07), registration cancelled 2020-08-07, S/N 12627, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mc Kinley

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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