# NTSB UNK64X0271: Raven S40, N12000, Dana Point, CA, January 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1964
- Place: Dana Point, CA · DANA POINT, CA
- Location: 33.4755° N, 117.6931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dana Point, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4755&lon=-117.6931&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 23, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117341
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0271
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0271

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0021  64/1/18  NR. DANA POINT CALIF  RAVEN S40           CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N12000              PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           HOURS, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           DITCHING                                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-01/20/64.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12000](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12000-1972-10-13), registration cancelled 1972-10-13, S/N 108, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAVEN S40
- Registry model: [Raven S-40A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-s-40a) (registry code 7480104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: none
- Damage: No damage

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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