# NTSB CHI69A0040: Cessna 172, N8624B, Platteville, WI, October 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1968
- Place: Platteville, WI · PLATTEVILLE, WI
- Location: 42.7279° N, 90.4681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Platteville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7279&lon=-90.4681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0040

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3366  68/10/13   PLATTEVILLE,WIS     CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 19, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1445                    N8624B              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PLATTEVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINE CABLES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8624B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8624B-1969-03-07), registration cancelled 1969-03-07, S/N 36324, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Platteville

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.