# NTSB MKC66A0062: Cessna 182, N3215U, Hyannis, NE, May 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 27, 1966
- Place: Hyannis, NE · HYANNIS, NE
- Location: 42.0005° N, 101.7622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0005&lon=-101.7622&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0451  66/5/27  NR.HYANNIS NEB        CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR
        TIME - 0950                    N3215U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- UNKNOWN IF PILOT WAS USING AUTO-PILOT.SUSPECT PILOT MAY HAVE DOZED WITH AUTO-PILOT ON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3215U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3215U-1966-07-28), registration cancelled 1966-07-28, S/N 18254615 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Davis Ranch

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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