# NTSB OAK66D0087: Cessna 175, N8378T, 90s Oahu, HI, August 18, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 18, 1965
- Place: 90s Oahu, HI · 90S OAHU, HI
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66D0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66D0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1026  65/8/18    90S OAHU HAWAII     CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 272
        TIME - 1155                    N8378T              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           DITCHING                                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-AIRCRAFT DITCHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN.WRECKAGE AND OCCUPANTS NOT FOUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8378T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8378T-1965-10-07), registration cancelled 1965-10-07, S/N 17557078 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (registry code 2072508) (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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