# NTSB FTW66A0063: Cessna 182E, N3399Y, Fordyce, AR, January 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 12, 1966
- Place: Fordyce, AR · FORDYCE, AR
- Location: 33.8182° N, 92.4170° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fordyce, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8182&lon=-92.4170&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0008  66/1/12    FORDYCE ARK         CESSNA 182E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 380
        TIME - 2042                    N3399Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-01/13/66.FLT CONDITIONS WERE BELOW OVERCAST OVER RELATIVELY DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3399Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3399Y-1966-02-23), registration cancelled 1966-02-23, S/N 18254399 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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