- Date
- March 6, 1968
- Place
- Gaviota, CA · GAVIOTA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5968SBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111465
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0772 68/3/6 GAVIOTA,CALIF BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N5968S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5968S
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
N5968SRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2004 · Beech A23-19Airframe modelBeech A23-19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5968S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.