# NTSB UNK64X0517: Cessna 172, N6745A, Avenal, CA, February 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1964
- Place: Avenal, CA · AVENAL, CA
- Location: 36.0311° N, 120.1162° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avenal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0311&lon=-120.1162&mi=10
- 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): 185762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0517
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0517

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0321   64/2/9    AVENAL CALIF        CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1600                    N6745A              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 63, 7659 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1200 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DIRT MOUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6745A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6745A-1968-04-22), registration cancelled 1968-04-22, S/N 28845 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N6745A (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK68F0322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68F0322), Mar 15, 1968: Cessna 172 (N6745A), Coalinga, CA, 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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