# NTSB UNK65X0272: Cessna 175, N6691E, Cuba, AL, October 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1964
- Place: Cuba, AL · CUBA, AL
- Location: 32.4407° N, 88.3748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cuba, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4407&lon=-88.3748&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0272
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0272

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0950  64/10/14   CUBA ALABAMA        CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 136
        TIME - 1820                    N6691E              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           62                                                       20
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           8                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/16/64.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6691E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6691E-1965-01-05), registration cancelled 1965-01-05, S/N 56191 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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