# Accident 19740726021889A: Boeing N2S3, Mettler, CA, July 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1974
- Place: Mettler, CA
- Airport: Mettler Station
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.0636° N, 118.9730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mettler, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0636&lon=-118.9730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63268, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63268) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING N2S3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,135 total, 100 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75DVA0X](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DVA0X) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740726021889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LND FAST & MISUSED BRAKES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX75DVA0X](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DVA0X), Jul 26, 1974: Boeing B75N1 (N63268), Mettler, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N63268 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740123001469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740123001469A), Jan 23, 1974: Boeing B75N1 (N63268), Edison, CA, Substantial damage. Nr 9 cyl failed. Lndd in plowed potato fld.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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