# NTSB MIA65I0081: Cessna 172F, N3021U, Aiken, SC, February 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1965
- Place: Aiken, SC · AIKEN, SC
- Location: 33.5316° N, 81.7251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aiken, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5316&lon=-81.7251&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179715
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65I0081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65I0081

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0008   65/2/9    AIKEN SC            CESSNA 172F         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 21, 0
        TIME - 0245                    N3021U              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AIKEN MUNICIPAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3021U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3021U-1965-03-09), registration cancelled 1965-03-09, S/N 17250621, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Aiken Municipal

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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