# NTSB OAK69F0025: Cessna 175A, N8065T, Napa, CA, June 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 26, 1968
- Place: Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110311
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69F0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69F0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1739  68/6/26    NAPA,CALIF          CESSNA 175A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 122
        TIME - 2128                    N8065T              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPA COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
        REMARKS- RT BRAKE MASTER CYL MALFUNCTIONED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8065T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8065T), registered now, S/N 56765, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Napa County

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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