# NTSB OAK71FXQ27: Aero Cmdr 680V, N512JC, Quincy, CA, February 11, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 11, 1971
- Place: Quincy, CA · QUINCY, CA
- Location: 39.9310° N, 120.9549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quincy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9310&lon=-120.9549&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 13, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159806
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71FXQ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71FXQ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0758  71/2/11    QUINCY,CALIF        AERO CMDR 680V      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6185
        TIME - 1705                    N512JC              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GANSNER FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RED BLUFF,CALIF             QUINCY,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        REMARKS- L PROP HIT HI LDG LIGHT,ACFT CONT L INTO SOFT EARTH ALONGSIDE RWY THEN SLID SIDEWAYS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N512JC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO CMDR 680V
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gansner Field

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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