# NTSB OAK66F0015: Cessna 205, N8446Z, San Francisco, CA, June 25, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 25, 1965
- Place: San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177468
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66F0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66F0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1523  65/6/25    SAN FRANCISCO CAL   CESSNA 205          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1040
        TIME - 1645                    N8446Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           45                                                      290
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           43                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8446Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8446Z), registered now, S/N 205-0446, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (registry code 2073404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: San Francisco

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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