# NTSB LAX66D0216: Cessna 140A, N9475A, Lancaster, CA, December 20, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 20, 1965
- Place: Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66D0216
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0216

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3868  65/12/20   LANCASTER CALIF     CESSNA 140A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 280
        TIME - 1915                    N9475A              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FOX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9475A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9475A-1971-02-26), registration cancelled 1971-02-26, S/N 15296 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Registry model: [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (registry code 2071604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Fox

## Other investigations on N9475A (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 UNK64X1280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1280), Apr 12, 1964: Cessna 140A (N9475A), Oraibi, AZ, substantial damage

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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