# NTSB NYC68A0074: Cessna 401, N3280Q, Whitefield, NH, November 26, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 26, 1967
- Place: Whitefield, NH · WHITEFIELD, NH
- Location: 44.3713° N, 71.6100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitefield, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3713&lon=-71.6100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68A0074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0074

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1134  67/11/26   WHITEFIELD,NH       CESSNA 401          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 4600
        TIME - 1250                    N3280Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEFIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/28/67.ALL PHENOMINA OBSERVED AT AUTOPSY CONSIDERED THE RESULTS OF IMPACT INJURIES
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3280Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3280Q-1967-11-26), registration cancelled 1967-11-26, S/N 401-0080 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Registry model: [Cessna 401](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (registry code 207590C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Whitefield

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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