# NTSB SEA65A0068: Cessna 210, N9418T, Opheim, MT, June 21, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1965
- Place: Opheim, MT · OPHEIM, MT
- Location: 48.8571° N, 106.4084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opheim, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8571&lon=-106.4084&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65A0068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65A0068

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0562  65/6/21    OPHEIM MONT         CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 182
        TIME - 2300                    N9418T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PHEIM
        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)
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  3500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      55
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          CALM                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- TAKE OFF MADE OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN-NO VISIBLE HORIZON
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9418T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9418T-1965-09-03), registration cancelled 1965-09-03, S/N 57218 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pheim

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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