# NTSB FTW69A0045: Cessna 182, N5442B, Athens, TX, January 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1969
- Place: Athens, TX · ATHENS, TX
- Location: 32.2026° N, 95.8308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Athens, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2026&lon=-95.8308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191465
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0001   69/1/4    ATHENS,TEX          CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 400
        TIME - 1015                    N5442B              PX-  0  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- PLT WAS WATCHING PERSONS ON GRND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5442B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5442B-1970-10-21), registration cancelled 1970-10-21, S/N 33442, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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