# NTSB UNK64X0949: Cessna 172, N8342B, Moorehead, KY, March 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 16, 1964
- Place: Moorehead, KY · MOOREHEAD, KY
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 2, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0949
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0949

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0628  64/3/16    MOOREHEAD KY        CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 220
        TIME - 1555                    N8342B              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOREHEAD ROWAN CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND                                 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8342B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8342B), registered now, S/N 36142, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Morehead Rowan Co

## Other investigations on N8342B (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 IAD70FID13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70FID13), Mar 8, 1970: Cessna 172 (N8342B), Gordonsville, VA, substantial damage

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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