# NTSB UNK64X2046: Cessna 180, N1790C, Mansfield, OH, May 31, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 31, 1964
- Place: Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
- Location: 40.7663° N, 82.5317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mansfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7663&lon=-82.5317&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183700
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0896  64/5/31  NR.MANSFIELD OHIO     CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4672
        TIME - 2303                    N1790C              PX-  1  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  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
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          4 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          FOG                                                      360
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           8                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD IN VFR CONDITIONS BEFORE MAKING CONTROLLED VFR LANDING APPROACH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1790C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1790C-1965-04-16), registration cancelled 1965-04-16, S/N 30490 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (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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