# NTSB MKC70A0016: Cessna 182A, N9924B, Duluth, MN, October 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1969
- Place: Duluth, MN · DULUTH, MN
- Location: 46.7833° N, 92.1066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duluth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7833&lon=-92.1066&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2933   69/10/4   DULUTH,MINN          CESSNA 182A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 351
        TIME - 0520                    N9924B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DULUTH,MINN                 EAU CLAIRE,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      900
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          GROUND FOG                                                54
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          110                                                       13
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/5/69.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9924B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9924B-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 34324 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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