# NTSB LAX71AL047: Cessna T337C, N2608S, Buena Park, CA, January 22, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 22, 1971
- Place: Buena Park, CA · BUENA PARK, CA
- Location: 33.8574° N, 118.0074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buena Park, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8574&lon=-118.0074&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160377
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71AL047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71AL047

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4554  71/1/22    BUENA PARK,CALIF    CESSNA T337C        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 820
        TIME - 1159                    N2608S              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FULLERTON MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAS VEGAS,NEV               BUENA PARK,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- LND HALFWAY DOWN RWY AND BOUNCED HARD TWICE.PAX GRABBED YOKE ON GO AROUND.HIT 2 BLDGS AND 2 TRUCKS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2608S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2608S-1971-03-22), registration cancelled 1971-03-22, S/N 3370908 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Registry model: [Cessna T337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (registry code 2075714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fullerton Muni

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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