# NTSB UNK64X0252: Cessna 172, N8390B, Columbus, OH, January 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 15, 1964
- Place: Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0252
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0252

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0017  64/1/15    COLUMBUS OHIO       CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2100                    N8390B              PX-  1  0  0  PRACTICE                  AGE 30, 5115 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED SIMULATED INST. APPROACH
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8390B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8390B-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 36190, 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: Destroyed
- Airport: Port Columbus

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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