# NTSB UNK64X0258: Cessna 185, N4050Y, Navajo Mt, UT, January 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1964
- Place: Navajo Mt, UT · NAVAJO MT, UT
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185520
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0258
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0258

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0126  64/1/16    NAVAJO MT UT        CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 9000
        TIME - 1000                    N4050Y              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-ITEM PUNCTURED FUEL TANK.
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ITEM WAS A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON THROWN BY WHEELS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4050Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4050Y-1965-05-20), registration cancelled 1965-05-20, S/N 1850250 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 185](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (registry code 2072802) (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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