# NTSB FTW69A0022: Cessna 172, N8225U, Hot Springs, AR, October 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 7, 1968
- Place: Hot Springs, AR · HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Location: 34.5037° N, 93.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hot Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5037&lon=-93.0552&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108341
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3245   68/10/7   HOT SPRINGS,ARK     CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 650
        TIME - 1602                    N8225U              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        REMARKS- STRUCK POWER CABLE 697 FT.FROM END OF RNWY. CABLE WAS UNMARKED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8225U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8225U-1970-06-24), registration cancelled 1970-06-24, S/N 17252125 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Memorial

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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