Beechcraft 35 N446B
16 November 1968 · Palm Springs, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 November 1968 at about 19:30 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N446B was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Palm Springs, California, United States. 2 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
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palm Springs, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Palm Springs
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 35
- Registration
- N446B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4398
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
REACHED FOR LNDG LTS, HIT LNDG GR SWITCH INSTEAD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 35 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 1968 | Beechcraft 35-C33 | Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States | Hartzog-Schnec | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1968 | Beechcraft 35-B33 | Montgomery, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 1968 | Beechcraft 35-B33 | Roselle, Illinois, United States | Roselle Beechc | No injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 1968 | Beechcraft 35-33 | Gurabo, Puerto Rico, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 24 Aug 1968 | Beechcraft 35 | Redding, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 1968 | Beechcraft 35 | Troy, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |