# NTSB UNK64X2200: Cessna 182D, N8974X, Schafer, MT, June 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 9, 1964
- Place: Schafer, MT · SCHAFER, MT
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183224
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2200
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2200

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1598   64/6/9    SCHAFER MONT        CESSNA 182D         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6000
        TIME - 1120                    N8974X              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAFFER MEADOW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8974X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8974X), registered now, S/N 18253374, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (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: Shaffer Meadow

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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