# NTSB LAX68D0261: Boeing A75, N68116, Ripley, CA, October 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 27, 1967
- Place: Ripley, CA · RIPLEY, CA
- Location: 33.5238° N, 114.6530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ripley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5238&lon=-114.6530&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0261
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0261

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4322  67/10/27   RIPLEY,CALIF        BOEING A75          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 307
        TIME - 1030                    N68116              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BALDWIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
        REMARKS- PRACTISING,WITH WATER IN SPRAY TANK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68116](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68116-2015-05-15), registration cancelled 2015-05-15, S/N 75-7510, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- Registry model: [Boeing B75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (registry code 1380144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Baldwin

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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