# NTSB UNK64X2196: Beechraft T34B, N68629, Santa Ana, CA, June 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 9, 1964
- Place: Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2196
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2196

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68629-1965-05-20), registration cancelled 1965-05-20, S/N 143989 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT T34B
- Registry model: [Beech T-34B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-t-34b) (registry code 1152014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mcaf Santa Ana

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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