# NTSB CHI68A0103: Cessna 172, N3837S, Mount Horeb, WI, June 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1968
- Place: Mount Horeb, WI · MOUNT HOREB, WI
- Location: 43.0059° N, 89.7317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Horeb, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0059&lon=-89.7317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110121
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0103
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0103

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1439   68/6/8    MOUNT HOREB,WIS     CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47,
        TIME - 1947                    N3837S              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GONSTAD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- STALLED AT TOP OF A WINGOVER.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 190 MG PCT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3837S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3837S-1968-08-06), registration cancelled 1968-08-06, S/N 17251037 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Gonstad

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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