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| Date: | Wednesday 25 March 1964 |
| Time: | 20:37 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182A Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Non Commercial |
| Registration: | N4737D |
| MSN: | 34837 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Sarita, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Airframe failure followed by uncontrolled descent into ground. Pilot continued VFR flight into adverse weather.
Note: FAA register notes this aircraft as a Cessna 180A, but NTSB report quotes it to be a Cessna 182. The registration matches Cessna 182A sequences.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB Identification: Unknown
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=81661&key=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 07:54 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 07:58 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:12 | JINX | Updated [Cn, ] |
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