# NTSB LAX69D0275: Cessna 182, N3288S, Sells, AZ, January 17, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 17, 1969
- Place: Sells, AZ · SELLS, AZ
- Location: 31.9209° N, 111.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sells, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9209&lon=-111.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 6, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191244
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0275
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0275

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0753  69/1/17    SELLS,ARIZ          CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 332
        TIME - 1830                    N3288S              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SELLS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3288S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3288S), registered now, S/N 18255788, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sells

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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