# NTSB LAX65D0043: Beechcraft B50, N3568B, Coso Junction, CA, February 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: February 24, 1965
- Place: Coso Junction, CA · COSO JUNCTION, CA
- Location: 36.0449° N, 117.9473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coso Junction, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0449&lon=-117.9473&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX65D0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX65D0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0632  65/2/24    COSO JUNCTION CAL   BEECHCRAFT B50      CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0830                    N3568B              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 41, 11000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 2000 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GILL FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3568B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3568B-2017-03-06), registration cancelled 2017-03-06, S/N CH-28, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B50
- Registry model: [Beech B50](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b50) (registry code 1152506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gill Field

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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