# NTSB UNK64X2848: Boeing 720B, Ansbach, Georgia, July 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 15, 1964
- Place: Ansbach, Georgia · ANSBACH, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183489
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2848
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2848

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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B-0009  64/7/15    ANSBACH GERMANY     BOEING 720B         CR-  3  0  0  TRAINING                  UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME -                         GE1                 PX-  0  0  0
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0
        OPERATOR - LUFTHANSA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        UNDER INVESTIGATION
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: GE1 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- 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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