# NTSB CHI68A0046: Cessna 172E, N5460T, Jamestown, KY, November 19, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 19, 1967
- Place: Jamestown, KY · JAMESTOWN, KY
- Location: 36.9906° N, 85.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9906&lon=-85.0644&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113608
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1045  67/11/19   JAMESTOWN,KY        CESSNA 172E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 97 TOTAL
        TIME - 1735                    N5460T              PX-  2  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  APPROACHING DARKNESS
        REMARKS- PLT,ON 1ST SOLO NITE FLT,ATTEMPTED LNDG IN WOODED AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5460T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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