# NTSB LAX73DVA68: Beech A24R, N22BW, Lost Hills, CA, June 21, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1973
- Place: Lost Hills, CA · LOST HILLS, CA
- Location: 35.6327° N, 119.6779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lost Hills, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6327&lon=-119.6779&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190117
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73DVA68
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DVA68

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1804  73/6/21    LOST HILLS,CALIF    BEECH A24R          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 227
        TIME - 1200                    N22BW               PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACKWELL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOST HILLS,CALIF            BAKERSFIELD,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- DUR TKOF A TRUCK DROVE ONTO RWY IN FRONT OF ACFT. ACFT HIT GRAPE VINE POSTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22BW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22BW-2013-02-07), registration cancelled 2013-02-07, S/N CE-476, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Blackwell

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730621019669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730621019669A), Jun 21, 1973: Beech F33A, Lost Hills, CA, Substantial damage. Dur tkof a truck drove onto rwy in front of acft. Acft hit grape vine posts.

## Other investigations on N22BW (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX85FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA213), Apr 21, 1985: Beech F33A (N22BW), Goleta, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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