UNK64X2704

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170B · Wimberley, TX · July 7, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
July 7, 1964
Place
Wimberley, TX · WIMBERLEY, TX
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N2325DCessna 170B
Status
Completed · report February 5, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
183538

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0261   64/7/7    WIMBERLEY TEX       CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 187
        TIME - 0200                    N2325D              PX-  2  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        REMARKS- PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED DURING NIGHT FLIGT RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL

Aircraft

Registration
N2325D
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.