# NTSB UNK64X3664: Cessna 140, N76587, Gualala, CA, August 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 29, 1964
- Place: Gualala, CA · GUALALA, CA
- Location: 38.8428° N, 123.6201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gualala, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8428&lon=-123.6201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3664
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3664

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2678  64/8/29    GUALALA CALIF       CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 58 TOTAL
        TIME - 1230                    N76587              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SEGERSTROM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- DEER CROSSED RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76587](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76587-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 11027, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Segerstrom

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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