# NTSB UNK65X0742: Cessna 172E, N7758U, Kelleys Isld, OH, November 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 16, 1964
- Place: Kelleys Isld, OH · KELLEYS ISLD, OH
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181817
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0742
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0742

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0875  64/11/16   KELLEYS ISLD OHIO   CESSNA 172E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 139
        TIME - 0800                    N7758U              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLYS ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           60                                                      225
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           6                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7758U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7758U-1964-12-17), registration cancelled 1964-12-17, S/N 172-51758 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kellys Island

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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