# NTSB UNK65X0585: Cessna 170B, N8355A, Wabasso, MN, November 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 6, 1964
- Place: Wabasso, MN · WABASSO, MN
- Location: 44.4025° N, 95.2554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wabasso, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4025&lon=-95.2554&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181790
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0585
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0585

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0812   64/11/6 NR.WABASSO MINN       CESSNA 170B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 224
        TIME - 2000                    N8355A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMPRECHT FARM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- ELEVATORS JAMMED FROM IMPACT WITH TREES-DARK UNLIGHTER TERRAIN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8355A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8355A-1964-12-03), registration cancelled 1964-12-03, S/N 25207 (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
- Airport: Lamprecht Farm

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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