# NTSB MKC67F0580: Cessna 140, N2326V, Lakin, KS, April 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1967
- Place: Lakin, KS · LAKIN, KS
- Location: 37.9400° N, 101.2584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakin, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9400&lon=-101.2584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC67F0580
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67F0580

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1338  67/4/27    LAKIN,KANS          CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 140
        TIME - 2100                    N2326V              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2326V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2326V-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 14562, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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