# Accident 19741018044259A: Piper PA23250, Long Beach, CA, October 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1974
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501EE-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,780 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741018044259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT STRUCK NATURAL GAS TANK LOCATED .6 MI SOUTH OF RWY 25L.OVER MAX GROSS WT ABT 515 LBS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX75AL019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL019), Oct 18, 1974: Piper PA-23 (N501EE), Long Beach, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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