# NTSB OAK70AP053: Cessna 310, N8164M, Beatty, NV, April 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1970
- Place: Beatty, NV · BEATTY, NV
- Location: 36.9962° N, 116.7235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beatty, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9962&lon=-116.7235&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 10, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70AP053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70AP053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0810  70/4/27  NR.BEATTY,NEV         CESSNA 310          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1600
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8164M              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAS VEGAS,NEV               RENO,NEV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - SNOW
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      2500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     RAIN SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              28
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          290                                                       18
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RCVRD 5/1/70.PLT RADIOED CLD TOPS 19000 WAS CLIMBING TO 19500 FT.ACFT NOT OXY EQPD.GENL BREAK UP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8164M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8164M-1971-02-19), registration cancelled 1971-02-19, S/N 310I0164 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (registry code 2074224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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