# NTSB DEN69A0014: Cessna 210, N3745Y, Fort Morgan, CO, September 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1968
- Place: Fort Morgan, CO · FORT MORGAN, CO
- Location: 40.2516° N, 103.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Morgan, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2516&lon=-103.7832&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192090
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4603  68/9/21    FORT MORGAN,COLO    CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 129
        TIME - 2050                    N3745Y              PX-  4  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT MORGAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 35 FT TREES APRX 3/4 MILE FROM ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3745Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3745Y-1970-08-04), registration cancelled 1970-08-04, S/N 21058245 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fort Morgan

## Other investigations on N3745Y (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 MKC66F0352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0352), Nov 5, 1965: Cessna 210D (N3745Y), Ottumwa, IA, substantial damage

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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