# NTSB FTW66D0388: Cessna 182, N3590U, Laredo, TX, October 21, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 21, 1965
- Place: Laredo, TX · LAREDO, TX
- Location: 27.5064° N, 99.5075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laredo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5064&lon=-99.5075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175301
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66D0388
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0388

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3255  65/10/21   LAREDO TEX          CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 69, 1543
        TIME - 1845                    N3590U              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAREDO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE FOLLOW ME TRUCK WHEN IT MADE A SUDDEN STOP DURING NIGHT OPERATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3590U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3590U-2007-08-07), registration cancelled 2007-08-07, S/N 18254990, 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: Laredo

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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