# NTSB UNK64X1727: Cessna 180-C, N9299T, Knoxville, TN, May 11, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 11, 1964
- Place: Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184880
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1727
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1727

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0137  64/5/11    KNOXVILLE TENN      CESSNA 180-C        CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 725
        TIME - 1800                    N9299T              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, 659 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LOUDON LAKE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR
           PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9299T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9299T-2018-04-06), registration cancelled 2018-04-06, S/N 50799, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180-C
- Registry model: [Cessna 180C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (registry code 2072608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ft Loudon Lake

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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