# NTSB LAX67F0087: Funk B85C, N24154, Sunset Beach, CA, August 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 30, 1966
- Place: Sunset Beach, CA · SUNSET BEACH, CA
- Location: 33.7164° N, 118.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunset Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7164&lon=-118.0690&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67F0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67F0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2881  66/8/30    SUNSET BEACH CALI   FUNK B85C           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 49, 49 TOTAL
        TIME - 1900                    N24154              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW LARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24154](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24154), registered now, S/N 180, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUNK B85C
- Registry model: [Funk B](https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-b) (registry code 5480202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meadow Lark

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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