# NTSB FTW67A0040: Cessna 172F, N5306R, Hempstead, TX, September 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 30, 1966
- Place: Hempstead, TX · HEMPSTEAD, TX
- Location: 30.1015° N, 96.0765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hempstead, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1015&lon=-96.0765&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121504
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0813  66/9/30    HEMPSTEAD TEX       CESSNA 172F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 157
        TIME - 1745                    N5306R              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 147 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)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  100
        PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE                           OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          NONE                                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           66                                                      330
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           15                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5306R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5306R-1970-06-18), registration cancelled 1970-06-18, S/N 17252828 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (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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