# NTSB UNK64X2449: Cessna 310, N5226A, Nashville, IN, June 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 23, 1964
- Place: Nashville, IN · NASHVILLE, IN
- Location: 39.2077° N, 86.2362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2077&lon=-86.2362&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2449
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2449

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1790  64/6/23    NASHVILLE IND       CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 983
        TIME - 1015                    N5226A              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5226A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5226A-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N 35426, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (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

## Other investigations on N5226A (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK64X1917](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1917), May 23, 1964: Cessna 310 (N5226A), Milwaukee, WI, substantial damage

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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