- Date
- April 12, 1969
- Place
- Alturas, CA · ALTURAS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9661RBeech D50A
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1393 69/4/12 ALTURAS,CALIF BEECH D50A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 3139 TIME - 1125 N9661R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1125 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTURAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- R QUARTERING TAIL WIND 140 DEG 25K GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9661R
- Reported as
- Beech D50A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alturas
N9661RRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2013 · Beech D50CAirframe modelBeech D50CEngine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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.