# NTSB LAX70D0159: Aero Comdr 680, N6823S, Gila Bend, AZ, August 29, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 29, 1969
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Location: 32.9478° N, 112.7168° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gila Bend, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9478&lon=-112.7168&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70D0159
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0159

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3808  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6823S-2013-10-23), registration cancelled 2013-10-23, S/N 680-329-23, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 680
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 680](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680) (registry code 0141602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (registry code 41529, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gila Bend

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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