# NTSB FTW66D0404: Cessna 172, N3069U, Mirando City, TX, October 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 22, 1965
- Place: Mirando City, TX · MIRANDO CITY, TX
- Location: 27.4401° N, 99.0006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mirando City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4401&lon=-99.0006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66D0404
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0404

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3323  65/10/22   MIRANDO CITY TEX    CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 30, 28 TOTAL
        TIME - 1710                    N3069U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- STUDENT LANDED ON FARM ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3069U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3069U-2013-02-25), registration cancelled 2013-02-25, S/N 17250669, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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