# NTSB DEN68F0123: Cessna 182, N3978D, Roosevelt, UT, October 7, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1967
- Place: Roosevelt, UT · ROOSEVELT, UT
- Location: 40.2877° N, 109.9880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roosevelt, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2877&lon=-109.9880&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68F0123
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68F0123

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0792   67/10/7   ROOSEVELT,UT        CESSNA 182          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 305
        TIME - 1930                    N3978D              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROOSEVELT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GROUND ONE AN ONE HALF MILES FROM AIRPORT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3978D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3978D-1971-01-15), registration cancelled 1971-01-15, S/N 34678 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Roosevelt

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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