# Accident 19760618025619A: Beech B24R, Janesville, CA, June 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1976
- Place: Janesville, CA
- Airport: Susanville Municipal.
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.3757° N, 120.5727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSANVILLE MUNI (SVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3757&lon=-120.5727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6512R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6512R-1976-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 15 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760618025619A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO CROSS MTN RIDGE AT TOO LOW ALT.

## 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 OAK76AP056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP056), Jun 18, 1976: Beech B24R (N6512R), Janesville, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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