# NTSB UNK64X1698: Fairchild 24W46, N81231, Angels Camp, CA, May 10, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1964
- Place: Angels Camp, CA · ANGELS CAMP, CA
- Location: 38.0683° N, 120.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angels Camp, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0683&lon=-120.5396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1698
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1698

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1230  64/5/10    ANGELS CAMP CALIF   FAIRCHILD 24W46     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 178
        TIME - 1510                    N81231              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FROGTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81231](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81231-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N W46132 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD 24W46
- Registry model: [Fairchild 24W-46](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24w-46) (registry code 3370626) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Frogtown

## Other investigations on N81231 (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 UNK65X0861](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0861), Nov 27, 1964: Fairchild 24W (N81231), Salinas, CA, 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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