# NTSB MKC71AK036: Cessna 182, N3924D, Mexico, MO, December 22, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 22, 1970
- Place: Mexico, MO · MEXICO, MO
- Location: 39.1622° N, 91.8728° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mexico, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1622&lon=-91.8728&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159278
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71AK036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71AK036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3677  70/12/22   MEXICO,MO           CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 222
        TIME - 2123                    N3924D              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEXICO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MEXICO,MO                   ST.CHARLES,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          GROUND FOG                                               IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PLT CALLED DEST ARPT FOR WEA. TOOK OFF IN NEAR ZERO-ZERO COND. RECOVERY DATE 12/23/70.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3924D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3924D-1971-02-01), registration cancelled 1971-02-01, S/N 34624, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mexico

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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