# NTSB DEN67F0169: Cessna 172, N3659L, Panguitch, UT, October 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1966
- Place: Panguitch, UT · PANGUITCH, UT
- Location: 37.8229° N, 112.4342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Panguitch, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8229&lon=-112.4342&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67F0169
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67F0169

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3836  66/10/14   PANGUITCH UT        CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1830                    N3659L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 27, 3000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            500 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGUICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- RT WING-TIP WAS TORN FROM ACFT AS PLT BUZZED A FRIENDS CAR.PLT LANDED ACFT ON HWY 40-MINS.LATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3659L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3659L-2007-12-01), registration cancelled 2007-12-01, S/N 17253828, 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: Panguich

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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