# NTSB UNK64X1292: Cessna 170B, N3521C, Gerlach, NV, April 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 12, 1964
- Place: Gerlach, NV · GERLACH, NV
- Location: 40.6452° N, 119.3613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gerlach, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6452&lon=-119.3613&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1292
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1292

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0231  64/4/12    GERLACH NEV         CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 260
        TIME - 0600                    N3521C              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
           POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS
           POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: CLAMPS
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3521C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3521C-1965-05-20), registration cancelled 1965-05-20, S/N 26564 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (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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