# NTSB SEA66F0024: Beechcraft 23, N8719M, Anacortes, WA, June 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 23, 1965
- Place: Anacortes, WA · ANACORTES, WA
- Location: 48.4887° N, 122.6240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anacortes, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4887&lon=-122.6240&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178098
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66F0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1568  65/6/23    ANACORTES WASH      BEECHCRAFT 23       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 102
        TIME - 1310                    N8719M              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANACORTES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8719M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8719M-2002-05-01), registration cancelled 2002-05-01, S/N M-503, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Anacortes

## Other investigations on N8719M (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA133), Jul 13, 1998: Beech 23 (N8719M), Oakville, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of power due to the failure of an exhaust valve, and overloading of the landing gear. Factors include the failure of maintenance personnel to verify proper compliance with an Airworthiness…

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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