# Accident 19770929030179A: Boeing N2S2, Greenfield, CA, September 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1977
- Place: Greenfield, CA
- Airport: Kern Island Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.3240° N, 121.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3240&lon=-121.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N268N-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing N2S-2 (registry code 1380118, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-n2s-2) (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 N2S2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770929030179A

## Narrative

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

HIT FARM MACHINERY AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX77DVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVA60), Sep 29, 1977: Boeing A75N1 (N268N), Greenfield, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N268N (1)

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

- [Accident 19760503010269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760503010269A), May 3, 1976: Boeing N2S2 (N268N), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. No load abd. Apprentice plt.

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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