UNK64X3074

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170 · Wessington, SD · July 27, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 27, 1964
Place
Wessington, SD · WESSINGTON, SD
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N4073VCessna 170
Status
Completed · report October 19, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
182200

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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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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3-2241  64/7/27    WESSINGTON S DAK    CESSNA 170          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1350
        TIME - 1200                    N4073V              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN

Aircraft

Registration
N4073V
Reported as
Cessna 170
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage

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.