- Date
- July 27, 1964
- Place
- Mount Pocono, PA · MOUNT POCONO, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4303KNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182626
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0612 64/7/27 MOUNT POCONO PA NAVION NAV-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2042 N4303K PX- 1 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNT POCONO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TERRAIN-DARK UNLIGHTED MAKING VISUAL JUDGMENT OF HEIGHT DIFFICULT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4303K
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mount Pocono
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