# NTSB MIA65D0093: Cessna 172, N5408T, Vieques Is, PR, May 4, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1965
- Place: Vieques Is, PR · VIEQUES IS, PR
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177692
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65D0093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65D0093

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0950   65/5/4    VIEQUES IS PR       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 515
        TIME - 2115                    N5408T              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSQUITO FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- EMERGENCY FLIGHT TO DELIVER EMERGENCY SURGICAL PATIENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5408T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408T-2013-01-30), registration cancelled 2013-01-30, S/N 17251308, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (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: Mosquito Field

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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