# NTSB SEA67A0075: Navion L-17A, N9645C, Ketchum, ID, June 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1967
- Place: Ketchum, ID · KETCHUM, ID
- Location: 43.6842° N, 114.3745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchum, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6842&lon=-114.3745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67A0075
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67A0075

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0994  67/6/21  NR.KETCHUM,ID         NAVION L-17A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 339
        TIME - 1400                    N9645C              PX-  1  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SMILEY CREEK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          PARTIAL OBSCURATION                                      UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          GROUND FOG                                               VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PLT,NOT EXPERIENCED IN MNTN FLT ATTEMPTED TO FLYTHROUGH MOUNTAIN PASS SHROUDED BY CLOUDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9645C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9645C-1971-05-04), registration cancelled 1971-05-04, S/N NAV4-1049, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION L-17A
- Registry model: [Navion L-17A](https://openairdocs.org/model/navion-l-17a) (registry code 6150106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Smiley Creek

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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