# NTSB DIA69D0026: Cessna 182, N3388U, Spencer, WV, April 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 28, 1968
- Place: Spencer, WV · SPENCER, WV
- Location: 38.8001° N, 81.3527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8001&lon=-81.3527&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 16, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110929
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69D0026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69D0026

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1924  68/4/28    SPENCER,W VA        CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 300
        TIME - 1750                    N3388U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROANE COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3388U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3388U), registered now, S/N 18254788, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (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: Roane County

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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