- Date
- October 23, 1972
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3074BCessna 195
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169075
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2906 72/10/23 SANTA ANA,CALIF CESSNA 195 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 401 TIME - 1509 N3074B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSONVILLE,CALIF SANTA ANA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- EVID OF FATIGUE PRIOR TO BREAK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3074B
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
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.