# NTSB UNK64X0816: Cessna 140, N3537V, Gregory, SD, March 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 6, 1964
- Place: Gregory, SD · GREGORY, SD
- Location: 43.2300° N, 99.4209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gregory, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2300&lon=-99.4209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185358
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0816
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0816

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0551   64/3/6    GREGORY S DAK       CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1625                    N3537V              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 24, 1100 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            630 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREGORY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- BRAKE MALFUNCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3537V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3537V-2020-02-28), registration cancelled 2020-02-28, S/N 14809, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gregory

## Other investigations on N3537V (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI08LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA080), Feb 8, 2008: Cessna 140 (N3537V), Grand Meadow, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into an area of known instrument meteorological conditions in an airplane not equipped for instrument flight, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane…

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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