# NTSB MKC67A0018: Cessna 172E, N3915S, Knox City, MO, August 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1966
- Place: Knox City, MO · KNOX CITY, MO
- Location: 40.1442° N, 92.0102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knox City, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1442&lon=-92.0102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 20, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC67A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67A0018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0761  66/8/28  NR.KNOX CITY MO       CESSNA 172E         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 118
        TIME - 1545                    N3915S              PX-  1  3  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HUSTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- 2 CHILD PAX,AGES 6 AND 8.PLT LANDED AT ARPT FEW MINS BFOR THIS FLT.20 FT.HI.WIRES,300 FT FROM RNWY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3915S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3915S-2017-06-08), registration cancelled 2017-06-08, S/N 17251115, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Husted

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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