# NTSB DEN68D0154: Cessna 172, N3872L, Smithfield, UT, November 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 18, 1967
- Place: Smithfield, UT · SMITHFIELD, UT
- Location: 41.8355° N, 111.8275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithfield, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8355&lon=-111.8275&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68D0154
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68D0154

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4122  67/11/18   SMITHFIELD,UT       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 513
        TIME - 1435                    N3872L              PX-  0  0  2  PARAJUMP-SPORT            TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-PARACHUTE OPENED IN ACFT,PULLED CHUTIST OUT.
        REMARKS- STRESS ON DOOR POST/SKIN CAUSED DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3872L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3872L), registered now, S/N 17254041, 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

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