# NTSB LAX68D0211: Cessna 172, N7456X, Lk Havsu Cty, AZ, October 15, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 15, 1967
- Place: Lk Havsu Cty, AZ · LK HAVSU CTY, AZ
- Location: 34.4839° N, 114.3225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Havasu City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4839&lon=-114.3225&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112738
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0211
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0211

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4005  67/10/15   UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDCESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 62, 300
        TIME - 1530                    N7456X              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU CITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- STRUCK ROAD EMBANKMENT END OF RNWY.PLT STATED EMBANKMENT APPEARED TO BE PART OF RNWY.BOTH GRAVEL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7456X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7456X), registered now, S/N 17247956, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lake Havasu City

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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