# NTSB UNK64X1584: Cessna 170A, N148N, Wixon, MI, May 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1964
- Place: Wixon, MI · WIXON, MI
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1584
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1584

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1135   64/5/3    WIXON MICH          CESSNA 170A         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1345                    N148N               PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 57, 7400 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            100 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCER FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- ENGINE COWL CAME LOOSE IN FLIGHT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N148N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148N-1971-07-15), registration cancelled 1971-07-15, S/N 19809 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Registry model: [Cessna 170A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (registry code 2072304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Spencer Field

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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