# NTSB OAK66A0028: Cessna 182E, N3167Y, El Portal, CA, December 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 11, 1965
- Place: El Portal, CA · EL PORTAL, CA
- Location: 37.6732° N, 119.7877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Portal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6732&lon=-119.7877&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175056
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1100  65/12/11 NR.EL PORTAL CALIF    CESSNA 182E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2000
        TIME - 2022                    N3167Y              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                      RAIN, SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/10/66.DEPARTING FRESNO PILOT FLE330-DEGREE VOR RADIAL INSTEAD OF 305-DEGREE RADIAL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3167Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3167Y-1966-05-04), registration cancelled 1966-05-04, S/N 18254167 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (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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