# NTSB UNK64X3613: Argosy AW-650, N600Z, Oscoda, MI, August 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1964
- Place: Oscoda, MI · OSCODA, MI
- Location: 44.4241° N, 83.3322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oscoda, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4241&lon=-83.3322&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3613
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3613

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0076  64/8/26    OSCODA MICH         ARGOSY AW-650       CR-  0  0  3  MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1441                    N600Z               PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, 5569 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1188 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WURTSMITH AFB
        OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-PREMATURE LIFT OFF FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT PORPOISED EXCESSIVELY AFTER TAKEOFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N600Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ARGOSY AW-650
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wurtsmith Afb

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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