# NTSB UNK65X0916: Snow S2C, N1600S, Chowchilla, CA, December 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 4, 1964
- Place: Chowchilla, CA · CHOWCHILLA, CA
- Location: 37.1161° N, 120.2420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chowchilla, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1161&lon=-120.2420&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180842
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0916
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0916

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3604   64/12/4   CHOWCHILLA CALIF    SNOW S2C            CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 675
        TIME - 1730                    N1600S              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1600S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1600S-2012-07-09), registration cancelled 2012-07-09, S/N 1134C, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNOW S2C
- Registry model: [Snow S2C](https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2c) (registry code 8380206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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