# NTSB OAK69A0075: Cessna 182A, N4909D, Mesquite, NV, June 28, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 28, 1969
- Place: Mesquite, NV · MESQUITE, NV
- Location: 36.8055° N, 114.0672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8055&lon=-114.0672&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171759
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0075
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0075

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2819  69/6/28    MESQUITE,NEV        CESSNA 182A         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 43,
        TIME - 0630                    N4909D              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  165 TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MESQUITE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          N LAS VEGAS,NEV             BERYLE JUNCTION,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- ENROUTE ENG HESITATION,LNDD ABANDONED APRT.ACFT FOUND,CARB HEAT,FLAPS FULL ON.ENG CKD NML.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4909D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4909D-1976-06-22), registration cancelled 1976-06-22, S/N 51009, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mesquite

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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