# NTSB UNK64X1758: Cessna 170B, N1806C, Lakeville, IN, May 13, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 13, 1964
- Place: Lakeville, IN · LAKEVILLE, IN
- Location: 41.5285° N, 86.2754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5285&lon=-86.2754&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1758
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1758

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0381  64/5/13  NR.LAKEVILLE INDIANA  CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 900
        TIME - 0945                    N1806C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         FOG
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1806C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1806C-1970-06-08), registration cancelled 1970-06-08, S/N 25950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (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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