# NTSB LAX69D0038: Funk B85C, N77708, Buckeye, AZ, June 18, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 18, 1968
- Place: Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0038
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0038

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77708), registered now, S/N 338, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FUNK B85C
- Registry model: [Mcclish FUNK B85C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcclish-funk-b85c) (registry code 5480108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stevens

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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