Beechcraft B23 N6990Q

21 August 1971 · Santa Ana, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1971 at about 11:10 local time, a Beechcraft B23 registered N6990Q, operated by Mission Beechc, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Santa Ana, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 August 1971 at 11:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Nearest airport: Santa Ana
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft B23
Registration: N6990Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Mission Beechc
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3213

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT SAID THROTTLE STUCK OPEN, BRAKES DIDNT HOLD. NO DEFICIENCIES FOUND. HIT GAS TRUCK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3213, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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