# NTSB UNK65X0844: Cessna 310B, N5364A, Clarks Summit, PA, November 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 26, 1964
- Place: Clarks Summit, PA · CLARKS SUMMIT, PA
- Location: 41.4902° N, 75.7065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarks Summit, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4902&lon=-75.7065&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180768
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0844
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0844

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1019  64/11/26   CLARKS SUMMIT PA    CESSNA 310B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 351
        TIME - 1144                    N5364A              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SCRANTON MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       52
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          230                                                       13
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT INDICATED ATTITUDE GYRO DISCRPNCY BFOR TAKE OFF BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE NATURE OF MALFUNCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5364A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5364A-1965-01-06), registration cancelled 1965-01-06, S/N 35564 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Scranton Muni

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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