# NTSB OAK66D0031: Cessna 320, N5739X, Healdsburg, CA, April 15, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 15, 1965
- Place: Healdsburg, CA · HEALDSBURG, CA
- Location: 38.6225° N, 122.8651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Healdsburg, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6225&lon=-122.8651&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66D0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66D0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1747  65/4/15    HEALDSBURG CALIF    CESSNA 320          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 900
        TIME - 1100                    N5739X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH KNOLL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5739X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5739X-1979-08-03), registration cancelled 1979-08-03, S/N 320-0039 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- Registry model: [Cessna 320](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (registry code 2074502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Norton

## Other investigations on N5739X (2)

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 LAX75FUG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUG38), Mar 30, 1975: Cessna 320 (N5739X), Corona, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX68D0133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0133), Oct 4, 1967: Cessna 320 (N5739X), Imperial, CA, substantial damage

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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