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NTSB accident investigation · Navion L17B · Clear Lakes, CA · April 24, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 24, 1964
Place
Clear Lakes, CA · CLEAR LAKES, CA
Injuries
5 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6723CNavion L17B
Status
Completed · report August 24, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184374

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1016  64/4/24    CLEAR LAKES CALIF   NAVION L17B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N6723C              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED

Aircraft

Registration
N6723C
Reported as
Navion L17B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Lake County

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.