# NTSB LAX69F0055: Cessna 337, N2135X, Oceanside, CA, July 25, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 25, 1968
- Place: Oceanside, CA · OCEANSIDE, CA
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2357  68/7/25    OCEANSIDE,CALIF     CESSNA 337          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 387
        TIME - 0710                    N2135X              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL BECAME PARTIALLY DISENGAGED FROM GR FORK DUE TO LOSS OF RETAINING NUT/COTTER PIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2135X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2135X-1979-05-22), registration cancelled 1979-05-22, S/N 337-0035, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (registry code 2075702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Oceanside

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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