# NTSB OAK66A0032: Aero Comdr 500A, N9385R, Sutter, CA, February 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1966
- Place: Sutter, CA · SUTTER, CA
- Location: 39.1556° N, 121.7493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1556&lon=-121.7493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 3, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174161
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0200   66/2/6    SUTTER CALIF        AERO COMDR 500A     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 3500
        TIME - 1330                    N9385R              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9385R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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