# NTSB MIA68A0062: Cessna 170B, N3156B, Tarpon Sprngs, FL, January 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 8, 1968
- Place: Tarpon Sprngs, FL · TARPON SPRNGS, FL
- Location: 28.1491° N, 82.7794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tarpon Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1491&lon=-82.7794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111443
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0062

## 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   68/1/8  NR.TARPON SPRNGS,FLA  CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 23, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N3156B              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE.1/12/68.1 PAX MISSING,INJURY PRESUMED.CRASHED IN GULF OF MEX.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3156B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3156B-1968-03-08), registration cancelled 1968-03-08, S/N 25398, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (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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