# NTSB UNK65X1338: Cessna 205, N8477Z, Santa Monica, CA, January 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 24, 1965
- Place: Santa Monica, CA · SANTA MONICA, CA
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1338
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1338

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0095  65/1/24    SANTA MONICA CAL    CESSNA 205          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 217
        TIME - 1145                    N8477Z              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MONICA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD                            TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          AIPORT-RAMP SURFACE SETTLED UNDER AIRCRAFT WEIGHT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8477Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8477Z-1982-01-05), registration cancelled 1982-01-05, S/N 205-0477 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Santa Monica

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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