# NTSB FTW69F0059: Cessna 172A, N7318T, Sivells Bend, TX, June 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 29, 1968
- Place: Sivells Bend, TX · SIVELLS BEND, TX
- Location: 33.8498° N, 97.2239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sivells Bend, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8498&lon=-97.2239&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109672
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69F0059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4954  68/6/29    SIVELLS BEND,TEX    CESSNA 172A         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 415
        TIME - 1730                    N7318T              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ARDMORE,OKLA                GAINESVILLE,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- OBSRVD DSNDG INTO HIGH TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7318T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7318T-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 46918, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (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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