# NTSB DEN66F0273: Cessna 172, N3919L, Pueblo, CO, April 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1966
- Place: Pueblo, CO · PUEBLO, CO
- Location: 38.2544° N, 104.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pueblo, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2544&lon=-104.6091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66F0273
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66F0273

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0661   66/4/6    PUEBLO COLO         CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4825
        TIME - 1851                    N3919L              PX-  0  0  2  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PUEBLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3919L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3919L-2019-01-14), registration cancelled 2019-01-14, S/N 17254088, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (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: Pueblo

## Other investigations on N3919L (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC68F0097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0097), Jun 14, 1967: Cessna 172 (N3919L), Augusta, KS, 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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