# NTSB NYC68A0049: Cessna 182, N6362A, Rothsville, PA, September 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1967
- Place: Rothsville, PA · ROTHSVILLE, PA
- Location: 40.1531° N, 76.2478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rothsville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1531&lon=-76.2478&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114929
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68A0049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0665  67/9/21    ROTHSVILLE,PA       CESSNA 182          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 28,
        TIME - 0540                    N6362A              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          GROUND FOG                                                68
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- PLT UNCERTIFICATED.PLT T/O FRM LANCASTER ARPT 0530E.WX AT T/O-CEIL 700FT OVCST,RAIN,FOG,VIS 1 MILE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6362A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6362A-1967-11-16), registration cancelled 1967-11-16, S/N 33162 (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: Lancaster

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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