# NTSB DIA67F0064: Cessna 337, N5388S, Wake Forest, NC, March 4, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 4, 1967
- Place: Wake Forest, NC · WAKE FOREST, NC
- Location: 35.9637° N, 78.5117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wake Forest, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9637&lon=-78.5117&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA67F0064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67F0064

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0747   67/3/4    WAKE FOREST, NC     CESSNA 337          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1800
        TIME - 1000                    N5388S              PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON ROAD. LEFT WING STRUCK TREE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5388S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5388S-1971-07-09), registration cancelled 1971-07-09, S/N 337-0488 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (registry code 2075704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5388S (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 MIA71AM097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM097), May 16, 1971: Cessna 337A (N5388S), Jackson, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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