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NTSB accident investigation · Beechraft T34B · Santa Ana, CA · June 9, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 9, 1964
Place
Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N68629Beechraft T34B
Status
Completed · report December 17, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
183143

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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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3-3153   64/6/9    SANTA ANA CAL       BEECHRAFT T34B      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1515                    N68629              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 41, 1222 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            115 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCAF SANTA ANA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

Aircraft

Registration
N68629
Reported as
Beechraft T34B
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Mcaf Santa Ana

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.