# NTSB DEN69F0005: Cessna 172, N6920A, Ogden, UT, May 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 19, 1968
- Place: Ogden, UT · OGDEN, UT
- Location: 41.2284° N, 111.9681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogden, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2284&lon=-111.9681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 16, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69F0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69F0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1550  68/5/19    OGDEN,UT            CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 82 TOTAL
        TIME - 0800                    N6920A              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OGDEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM AN UNDEVELOPED DIRT FIELD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6920A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6920A-2014-09-03), registration cancelled 2014-09-03, S/N 29020, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (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: Ogden

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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