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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech D35 · Los Angeles, CA · March 17, 1979

Date
March 17, 1979 · 15:05 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2916B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FA034
Reported as
Beech D35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total7 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot exceeded design load limits of acft while performing low level loops. Airframe seperated in flight.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXCEEDED DESIGN LOAD LIMITS OF ACFT WHILE PERFORMING LOW LEVEL LOOPS. AIRFRAME SEPERATED IN FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.