# NTSB UNK64X1366: Fairchild 24W41, N29012, San Jose, CA, April 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 18, 1964
- Place: San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1366
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1366

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0232  64/4/18    SAN JOSE CALIF      FAIRCHILD 24W41     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 968
        TIME - 1700                    N29012              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29012](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29012-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N W41101, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24W41
- Registry model: [Fairchild 24W-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24w-9) (registry code 3370602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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