# NTSB UNK65X0843: Cessna 172, N8059B, Troy, TN, November 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 26, 1964
- Place: Troy, TN · TROY, TN
- Location: 36.3418° N, 89.1584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3418&lon=-89.1584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0843
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0843

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0930  64/11/26 NR.TROY TENN          CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 30, 110
        TIME - 1825                    N8059B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  2300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          4 MILES OR LESS                                          HAZE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           46                                                       40
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           5                                                       VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8059B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059B-1965-01-12), registration cancelled 1965-01-12, S/N 29859 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.