# NTSB DIA68A0025: Cessna 310F, N6704X, Norfolk, VA, December 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 5, 1967
- Place: Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 7, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113592
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1008   67/12/5   NORFOLK,VA          CESSNA 310F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 2100
        TIME - 2203                    N6704X              PX-  1  1  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
        REMARKS- IMPROPER GO AROUND PROCEDURE FROM ILS APPROACH. ACFT 119 LBX OVER MAX LNDG WT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6704X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6704X-1968-01-29), registration cancelled 1968-01-29, S/N 310-0004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Registry model: [Cessna 310F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (registry code 2074216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Norfolk

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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