# NTSB MIA65A0111: Cessna 172, N8880U, St Cloud, FL, May 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1965
- Place: St Cloud, FL · ST CLOUD, FL
- Location: 28.2489° N, 81.2812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2489&lon=-81.2812&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0111
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0111

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0176   65/5/3    ST CLOUD FLA        CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             STUDENT, AGE 30, 59 TOTAL
        TIME - 1430                    N8880U              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8880U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8880U-1965-07-15), registration cancelled 1965-07-15, S/N 17252798 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (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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