# NTSB UNK65X1487: Wren 460, N3438S, Mexico City, Mexico, April 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 19, 1965
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1487
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1487

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0028  65/4/19    MEXICO CITY MEXCO   WREN 460            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 7107
        TIME - 1145                    N3438S              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCHO AERO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3438S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3438S-1965-10-28), registration cancelled 1965-10-28, S/N 18255838 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WREN 460
- Registry model: [Cessna Wren 182G 460](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-wren-182g-460) (registry code 2075802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rancho Aero

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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