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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170B · Ickesburg, PA · September 19, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
September 19, 1964
Place
Ickesburg, PA · ICKESBURG, PA
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4460BCessna 170B
Status
Completed · report March 12, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
181823

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0899  64/9/19  NR.ICKESBURG PA       CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1876
        TIME - 1647                    N4460B              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           62                                                      130
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           9                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-09/20/64.

Aircraft

Registration
N4460B
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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