- Date
- August 29, 1969
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6823SAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3808 69/8/29 GILA BEND,ARIZ AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1340 TIME - 1915 N6823S PX- 0 0 2 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 439 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILA BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP POMONA,CALIF TUCSON,ARIZ GILA BEND,ARIZ 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 105 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- POSITIONING PERS AND EQUIP FOR AIR RACE. LANDED HALFWAY DOWN RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6823S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gila Bend
N6823SRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Aero Commander 680Airframe modelAero Commander 680Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 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.