# NTSB UNK64X3635: Cessna P206, N8464Z, Wichita, KS, August 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 27, 1964
- Place: Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182652
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3635
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3635

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0637  64/8/27    WICHITA KANSAS      CESSNA P206         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0917                    N8464Z              PX-  1  0  0  TEST                      AGE 31, 1700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            108 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CESSNA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO HEED CAUTIONS NOT TO FLY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO LARGE JETS IN THE LANDING PATTERN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8464Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8464Z-1964-09-11), registration cancelled 1964-09-11, S/N 205-0464 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cessna

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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