# NTSB DEN69D0214: Cessna 182C, N8768T, Gateway, CO, February 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 15, 1969
- Place: Gateway, CO · GATEWAY, CO
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69D0214
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0214

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0824  69/2/15    GATEWAY,COLO        CESSNA 182C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 352
        TIME - 1440                    N8768T              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 344 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HUBBARD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8768T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8768T), registered now, S/N 52668, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hubbard

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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