# NTSB UNK64X2916: Boeing PT17, N53479, Roberts, ID, July 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1964
- Place: Roberts, ID · ROBERTS, ID
- Location: 43.7205° N, 112.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roberts, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7205&lon=-112.1289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2916
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2916

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2134  64/7/19    ROBERTS ID          BOEING PT17         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 750
        TIME - 0600                    N53479              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  450                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
        REMARKS- PICKUP TRUCK PARKED ON FIELD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53479](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53479-1974-05-16), registration cancelled 1974-05-16, S/N 752440 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT17
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (registry code 1380165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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