# NTSB NYC66A0032: Stinson 108-3, N6353M, Milroy, PA, September 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1965
- Place: Milroy, PA · MILROY, PA
- Location: 40.7194° N, 77.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milroy, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7194&lon=-77.5900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1067   65/9/5    MILROY PA           STINSON 108-3       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 294
        TIME - 1950                    N6353M              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIFFLIN COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES
        REMARKS- AIRPORT LIGHTS SET TO COME ON AT 2030 EST.OFFICIAL TIME OF DARKNESS WAS  1905 EST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6353M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6353M-1965-10-25), registration cancelled 1965-10-25, S/N 1084353M (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STINSON 108-3
- Registry model: [Stinson 108-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3) (registry code 9230408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mifflin County

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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