# NTSB FTW72AF024: Cessna 206, N5168U, Bossier City, LA, October 28, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 28, 1971
- Place: Bossier City, LA · BOSSIER CITY, LA
- Location: 32.5160° N, 93.7321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bossier City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5160&lon=-93.7321&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72AF024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72AF024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3844  71/10/28   BOSSIER CITY,LA     CESSNA 206          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0849                    N5168U              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 65, 13800 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 1700 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHREVEPORT DOWNTO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BOSSIER CITY,LA             ALEXANDRIA,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS                         IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - FOG
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                 300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          FOG                                                      160
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           5                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          SPECIAL VFR
        REMARKS- FLEW INTO 270 FT RADIO ANTENNA TWR PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY FOG. DMG TO BLDG ROOF AND 2 CARS ALSO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5168U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5168U-1971-12-16), registration cancelled 1971-12-16, S/N 206-0168 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Shreveport Downto

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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