# NTSB FTW66A0082: Cessna 175A, N6934E, Cabot, AR, March 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 27, 1966
- Place: Cabot, AR · CABOT, AR
- Location: 34.9751° N, 92.0283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cabot, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9751&lon=-92.0283&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 9, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172970
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0173  66/3/27    CABOT ARK           CESSNA 175A         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2625
        TIME - 1630                    N6934E              PX-  1  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PASSENGER A FORMER MILITARY PILOT MISUSED CONTROLS-AIRCRAFT INVERTED-PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6934E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6934E-1966-04-26), registration cancelled 1966-04-26, S/N 56434 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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