# NTSB LAX68A0097: Cessna 310K, N6938L, Santa Ynez, CA, May 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1968
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Location: 34.6175° N, 120.0964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ynez, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6175&lon=-120.0964&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1056   68/5/4    SANTA YNEZ,CALIF    CESSNA 310K         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 341
        TIME - 1210                    N6938L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 246 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY STUD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- MOTORCYCLIST DROVE INTO PATH OF ACFT FROM HANGAR 70 FT FROM UNATTENDED STRIP.STRUCK NOSE GEAR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6938L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Westerly Stud

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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