- Date
- January 23, 1974
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA · FAIR OAKS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8893MBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740123002769A
- Case key
- 186976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0329 74/1/23 FAIR OAKS, CALIF BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 361 TIME - 1500 N8893M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIR OAKS, CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BUSHES AFTER LDG 2/3 DOWN RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8893M
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phoenix Field
N8893MRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2026 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.