# Accident 19761205040009A: Piper 601SMITH, Costa Mesa, CA, December 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1976
- Place: Costa Mesa, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 33.6659° N, 117.9123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Costa Mesa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6659&lon=-117.9123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7485S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7485S-1977-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601SMITH
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 148 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761205040009A

## Narrative

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

L ENG QUIT,PROP NOT FEATH.LONG LOW FINAL. GOT BLO VMC.

## 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 LAX77FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA014), Dec 5, 1976: Aerostar 601P (N7485S), Costa Mesa, CA, destroyed, 5 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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