# NTSB LAX68D0324: Cessna 210, N4964U, Bowie, AZ, January 25, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 25, 1968
- Place: Bowie, AZ · BOWIE, AZ
- Location: 32.3249° N, 109.4845° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowie, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3249&lon=-109.4845&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111785
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0324
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0324

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0284  68/1/25    BOWIE,ARIZ          CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 310
        TIME - 1730                    N4964U              PX-  0  0  5  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWIE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- LANDED AT ARPT WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING 30 FT POWER LINE ON DOWNWIND LEG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4964U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4964U-2013-07-11), registration cancelled 2013-07-11, S/N 21058664, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bowie

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.