# NTSB UNK65X0717: Cessna 140A, N242S, Somerset, PA, November 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 15, 1964
- Place: Somerset, PA · SOMERSET, PA
- Location: 40.0050° N, 79.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0050&lon=-79.0779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0717
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0717

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3498  64/11/15   SOMERSET PA         CESSNA 140A         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 41, 61 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N242S               PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N242S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Somerset County

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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