# Accident 19790608040779A: Beech C23, Oxnard, CA, June 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1979, 23:37 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Oxnard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2008° N, 119.2072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OXNARD (OXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2008&lon=-119.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29SM-1981-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 3 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790608040779A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK ELECTRICAL WIRES DURING LOW APPROACH TO AIRPORT. UNSKILLED IN NIGHT LANDINGS.

## 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 LAX79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA056), Jun 8, 1979: Beech B23 (N29SM), Oxnard, 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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