# NTSB LAX66D0138: Curtiss-Wrt 2000, N6268, San Diego, CA, October 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1965
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 9, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66D0138
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0138

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3714  65/10/23   SAN DIEGO CALIF     CURTISS-WRT 2000    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 12698
        TIME - 0816                    N6268               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6268](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6268-2013-02-11), registration cancelled 2013-02-11, S/N 707, built 1938 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTISS-WRT 2000
- Registry model: [Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-travel-air-2000) (registry code 2621602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Fairchild 6-440 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (registry code 26003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Montgomery

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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