# NTSB LAX65F0024: Cessna 170B, N2581D, San Fernando, CA, February 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: February 10, 1965
- Place: San Fernando, CA · SAN FERNANDO, CA
- Location: 34.2887° N, 118.4362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Fernando, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2887&lon=-118.4362&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX65F0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX65F0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0542  65/2/10    SAN FERNANDO CALI   CESSNA 170B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 115
        TIME - 1700                    N2581D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FERNANDO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2581D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2581D), registered now, S/N 20733, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: San Fernando

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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