# NTSB DEN66A0034: Cessna 182E, N3081Y, Santa Fe, NM, November 20, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 20, 1965
- Place: Santa Fe, NM · SANTA FE, NM
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0958  65/11/20   SANTA FE N.MEX.     CESSNA 182E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 62,
        TIME - 1900                    N3081Y              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA FE CO MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-11/21/65.PILOT TURNED TOWARD DARK UNLIGHTED AREA AFTER TAKEOFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3081Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3081Y-1976-06-10), registration cancelled 1976-06-10, S/N 18254081, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Santa Fe Co Muni

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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