# NTSB UNK64X2284: Navion NAV4, N5256K, Cashiers, NC, June 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1964
- Place: Cashiers, NC · CASHIERS, NC
- Location: 35.1087° N, 83.0982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cashiers, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1087&lon=-83.0982&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2284
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2284

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1655  64/6/14    CASHIERS NC         NAVION NAV4         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1030                    N5256K              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAPPHIRE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5256K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5256K-1996-12-04), registration cancelled 1996-12-04, S/N NAV42156 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV4
- Registry model: [North American NAVION A](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion-a) (registry code 6150132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sapphire

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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