# NTSB MIA68A0034: Cessna 172, N8372U, Isle Culebra, PR, October 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1967
- Place: Isle Culebra, PR · ISLE CULEBRA, PR
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1105   67/10/8   ISLE CULEBRA,PR     CESSNA 172          CR-  0  1  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1140
        TIME - 0945                    N8372U              PX-  2  1  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CULEBRA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED 1/2 DOWN RNWY,BOUNCED.GO AROUND MADE WITH 3/4 FLAPS.ATTEMPTED TO RET TO FLD.HI TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8372U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8372U-1968-02-09), registration cancelled 1968-02-09, S/N 17252272 (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
- Airport: Culebra

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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