# NTSB OAK69A0024: Cessna 182A, N4069D, Merced, CA, October 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 26, 1968
- Place: Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4784  68/10/26   MERCED,CALIF        CESSNA 182A         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 400
        TIME - 1828                    N4069D              PX-  4  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
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        REMARKS- DARK NIGHT NO DISCERNIBLE HORIZON,INST LIGHTS OUT,NO FLASHLIGHT.PLT CERT NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4069D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4069D-1970-05-21), registration cancelled 1970-05-21, S/N 34769 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Merced

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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