# NTSB UNK64X3079: Navion NAV-4, N4303K, Mount Pocono, PA, July 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1964
- Place: Mount Pocono, PA · MOUNT POCONO, PA
- Location: 41.1225° N, 75.3578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pocono, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1225&lon=-75.3578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 9, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4303K-1964-08-28), registration cancelled 1964-08-28, S/N NAV-4-1303 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION NAV-4
- Registry model: [Ryan NAVION](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (registry code 6150160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mount Pocono

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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