# NTSB CHI69A0046: Cessna 170, N3509D, New Hudson, MI, November 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 2, 1968
- Place: New Hudson, MI · NEW HUDSON, MI
- Location: 42.5109° N, 83.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Hudson, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5109&lon=-83.6155&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3410   68/11/2   NEW HUDSON,MICH     CESSNA 170          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 221
        TIME - 1730                    N3509D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
        REMARKS- PLT HEART ATTACK FATAL. PX WITH NO FLYING EXPERIENCE LANDED ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3509D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3509D-2010-12-22), registration cancelled 2010-12-22, S/N 27052, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (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: Salem

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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