# NTSB LAX68A0025: Ryan ST-3KR, N49082, Tehachapi, CA, August 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 27, 1967
- Place: Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Location: 35.1430° N, 118.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tehachapi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1430&lon=-118.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0710  67/8/27    TEHACHAPI,CALIF     RYAN ST-3KR         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 497
        TIME - 1705                    N49082              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLIDAY-HAVEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- SHOULDER HARNESS NOT INSTALLED.COULD HAVE LESSENED DEGREE OF INJURIES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49082](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49082-1967-12-04), registration cancelled 1967-12-04, S/N 1544 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST-3KR
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (registry code 7830502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Holiday-Haven

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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