# NTSB UNK64X4057: Cessna 170B, N4460B, Ickesburg, PA, September 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 19, 1964
- Place: Ickesburg, PA · ICKESBURG, PA
- Location: 40.4587° N, 77.3541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ickesburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4587&lon=-77.3541&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181823
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0899  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4460B-1964-11-02), registration cancelled 1964-11-02, S/N 26804 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (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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