# NTSB UNK65X1126: Cessna 182, N8686T, Smyer, TX, December 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 25, 1964
- Place: Smyer, TX · SMYER, TX
- Location: 33.5874° N, 102.1635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyer, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5874&lon=-102.1635&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180259
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1126
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1126

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3660  64/12/25   SMYER TEX           CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 50 TOTAL
        TIME - 1155                    N8686T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HYMAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8686T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8686T-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 52586, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hyman

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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