# NTSB UNK64X3618: Beechcraft C-45H, N152Z, Austin, NV, August 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1964
- Place: Austin, NV · AUSTIN, NV
- Location: 39.4975° N, 117.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4975&lon=-117.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3618
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3618

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0651  64/8/26  NR.AUSTIN NEVADA      BEECHCRAFT C-45H    CR-  2  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4130
        TIME - 0835                    N152Z               PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 1044 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           60                                                       1
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -    5                       KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING FORESTS
          KIND OF CROP - FOREST-TREES                              PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY
          CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE                             COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  8360                SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- POST MORTEM DISCLOSED HEART CONDITION WHICH COULD NOT BE PROVED OR DISPROVED AS FACTOR OR CAUSE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N152Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152Z-1964-09-28), registration cancelled 1964-09-28, S/N AF264 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT C-45H
- Registry model: [Beech C-45H](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (registry code 1151018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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