# NTSB MIA69A0062: Cessna 177, N29420, Murfreesboro, TN, March 10, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 10, 1969
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN · MURFREESBORO, TN
- Location: 35.8456° N, 86.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murfreesboro, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8456&lon=-86.3903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3500  69/3/10  NR.MURFREESBORO,TENN  CESSNA 177          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4998
        TIME - 0100                    N29420              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED        UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- ACCDT DATE PRESUMED. ACFT REPORTED STOLEN O/A 10/1/68. RECOVERY DATE 4/3/69. IMPACTED STRAIGHT-IN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29420](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29420-2012-01-30), registration cancelled 2012-01-30, S/N 17700877, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (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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