# NTSB UNK64X3341: Cessna 172, N8349X, Goliad, TX, August 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1964
- Place: Goliad, TX · GOLIAD, TX
- Location: 28.6711° N, 97.3926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goliad, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6711&lon=-97.3926&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3341
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3341

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2442  64/8/12    GOLIAD TEX          CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1020
        TIME - 1730                    N8349X              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8349X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8349X), registered now, S/N 17248849, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (registry code 2072408) (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: Substantial damage

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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