# NTSB LAX84FA466: Beech C-23, N6695C, Huntington Bch, CA, August 31, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1984, 09:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place: Huntington Bch, CA
- Coordinates: 33.719738, -118.000671 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7197&lon=-118.0007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA466
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23996/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA466

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - displaced threshold
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE 2330 FT RWY HAD A 674 FT DISPLACED THRESHOLD & POWER LINES NEAR THE APCH END. THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING ARRIVAL, HE MADE A STEEP APCH WITH FULL FLAPS & MIN POWER. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AT ABOUT MIDFIELD, HE REALIZED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING & ELECTED TO GO AROUND BY ADDING FULL POWER & RETRACTING THE FLAPS. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT CRASHED INTO A 2.5 FT DIRT BANK & FENCE ABOUT 170 FT FROM THE RWY, THEN SLID & DAMAGED 3 AUTOMOBILES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6695C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2390
- Airframe hours: 33
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero Flite Of Oxnard, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, July 13, 1984, 15 hours before
- Departed: OXR, OXNARD, CA
- Destination: L16
- Airport: L16, Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,596 total, 25 in this make and model, 1,531 as pilot in command, 168 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SNA

## 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 19840831045609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840831045609A), Aug 31, 1984: Beech C23, Huntington Beac, CA, Substantial damage. Landed too long on short runway. Tried to goaround. Struck a fence and tumbled down embankment into parked autos.

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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