# NTSB UNK64X1386: Fairchild 24, N79860, Pickens, SC, April 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 19, 1964
- Place: Pickens, SC · PICKENS, SC
- Location: 34.8857° N, 82.7102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pickens, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8857&lon=-82.7102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1386
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1386

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0319  64/4/19    PICKENS S C         FAIRCHILD 24        CR-  0  1  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 500
        TIME - 1600                    N79860              PX-  0  0  2  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PICKENS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
        REMARKS- SIGHT SEEING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N79860 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pickens

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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