# NTSB OAK67D0163: Cessna 172, N8613B, Wendover, NV, November 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 3, 1966
- Place: Wendover, NV · WENDOVER, NV
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67D0163
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67D0163

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3557   66/11/3   WENDOVER NEV        CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 27, 52 TOTAL
        TIME - 1645                    N8613B              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH-LELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        REMARKS- ON LANDING AT HOME AIRPORT AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOFT SPOT ON DIRT RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8613B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8613B), registered now, S/N 36313, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bush-Leland

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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