# NTSB FTW66F0278: Cessna 195, N7807B, Bossier City, LA, September 7, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1965
- Place: Bossier City, LA · BOSSIER CITY, LA
- Location: 32.5160° N, 93.7321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bossier City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5160&lon=-93.7321&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66F0278
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0278

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2414   65/9/7    BOSSIER CITY LA     CESSNA 195          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1235                    N7807B              PX-  0  0  1  FERRY                     AGE 34, 6025 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            902 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          FUSELAGE-FIRE IN REAR OF CABIN, ORIGIN UNDETERMIND
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT LAST PERIODIC INSPECTION ON 11/14/60.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7807B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7807B-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 7820, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (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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