# NTSB NYC68A0023: Cessna 182K, N3025Q, Trumbull, CT, August 4, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 4, 1967
- Place: Trumbull, CT · TRUMBULL, CT
- Location: 41.2429° N, 73.2007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trumbull, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2429&lon=-73.2007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0874   67/8/4    TRUMBULL,CONN       CESSNA 182K         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1229
        TIME - 2157                    N3025Q              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- WITNESS REPORTED PLANE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3025Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3025Q-1970-12-29), registration cancelled 1970-12-29, S/N 18258025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Monroe

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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