# NTSB MKC66A0020: Douglas DC-6B, N3759, Des Moines, IA, September 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1965
- Place: Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor, 71 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0067  65/9/22  NR.DES MOINES IOWA    DOUGLAS DC-6B       CR-  0  1  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 2239                    N3759               PX-  0  0 69                            45, 19036 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3759 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Des Moines Mun.

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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