# NTSB DEN67D0145: Cessna 310B, N6622B, Bluff, UT, October 22, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 22, 1966
- Place: Bluff, UT · BLUFF, UT
- Location: 37.2844° N, 109.5518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bluff, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2844&lon=-109.5518&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67D0145
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67D0145

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3580  66/10/22   BLUFF UTAH          CESSNA 310B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2464
        TIME - 0845                    N6622B              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1210 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MONUMENT VALLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK SAND DRIFTS AT EDGE OF RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6622B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6622B-2013-05-01), registration cancelled 2013-05-01, S/N 35722, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (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: Monument Valley

## Other investigations on N6622B (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX76FUQ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUQ15), Nov 9, 1975: Cessna 310B (N6622B), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage

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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