- Date
- June 18, 1968
- Place
- Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77708Funk B85C
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2225 68/6/18 BUCKEYE,ARIZ FUNK B85C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1500 TIME - 0800 N77708 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 202 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) REMARKS- BRAKES FAILED. DITCH AT END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77708
- Reported as
- Funk B85C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stevens
N77708Registered now · Mcclish FUNK B85CAirframe modelMcclish FUNK B85CEngine modelContinental C85 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.