# NTSB LAX67A0106: N.American NA-265, N739R, Ventura, CA, May 14, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 14, 1967
- Place: Ventura, CA · VENTURA, CA
- Location: 34.2678° N, 119.2542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2678&lon=-119.2542&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117873
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0106
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0106

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0624  67/5/14  NR.VENTURA,CALIF      N.AMERICAN NA-265   CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1440                    N739R               PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 44, 7224 TOTAL HOURS, 950
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN,6MI NW OF VENTURA.INSUFFICIENT WRECKAGE RCVRD TO DETERMINE CAUSE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N739R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739R-1967-11-09), registration cancelled 1967-11-09, S/N 282-78, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: N.AMERICAN NA-265
- Registry model: [North American NA-265-40](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-40) (registry code 6402608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed

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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