# NTSB OAK68A0052: Cessna 170B, N3114B, Hawthorne, NV, December 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 30, 1967
- Place: Hawthorne, NV · HAWTHORNE, NV
- Location: 38.5253° N, 118.6260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5253&lon=-118.6260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112573
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1097  67/12/30   HAWTHORNE,NEV       CESSNA 170B         CR-  2  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 31, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1905                    N3114B              PX-  0  0  0  SEARCH AND RESCUE         TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- SEARCHING FOR DISABLED BOAT ON DARK NIGHT,NO SHORE LIGHTS FOR HORIZON REFERENCE.NOT INSTR RATED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3114B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3114B-1968-06-14), registration cancelled 1968-06-14, S/N 25356, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (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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