# NTSB FTW67A0091: Cessna 172, N8016X, Matagorda Is., TX, March 10, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 10, 1967
- Place: Matagorda Is., TX · MATAGORDA IS., TX
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0091
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0091

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1168  67/3/10  NR.MATAGORDA IS. TEX  CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8016X              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  20, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- PILOTS BODY RECOVERED. ACFT MISSING NEAR MATAGORDA IS.DAMAGE AND PAX INJURIES PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8016X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8016X-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 17248516 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (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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