# NTSB MKC69A0021: Cessna 195B, N502E, Loup City, NE, October 9, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 9, 1968
- Place: Loup City, NE · LOUP CITY, NE
- Location: 41.2767° N, 98.9677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loup City, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2767&lon=-98.9677&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107666
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69A0021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69A0021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4365   68/10/9   LOUP CITY,NEBR      CESSNA 195B         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1535                    N502E               PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 35, 3021 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            330 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCFADDEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- STRUCK PHONE WIRES DURING LOW,FLAT APPCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N502E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502E-1971-06-08), registration cancelled 1971-06-08, S/N 16022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- Registry model: [Cessna 195B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (registry code 2073112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mcfadden

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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