# NTSB FTW69A0009: Cessna U206C, N3996G, Miami, OK, August 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1968
- Place: Miami, OK · MIAMI, OK
- Location: 36.8877° N, 94.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8877&lon=-94.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2724  68/8/19    MIAMI,OKLA          CESSNA U206C        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 3100
        TIME - 0450                    N3996G              PX-  5  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        REMARKS- NON INST RATED PLT FLEW INTO AREA VOID OF HORIZON.BLOOD SAMPLE UNSATISFACTORY FOR VALID TEST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3996G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3996G-1971-11-29), registration cancelled 1971-11-29, S/N U206-0996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Miami

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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