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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 35BEECH · Redlands, CA · June 26, 1979

Date
June 26, 1979 · 15:55 local
Place
Redlands, CA
Airport
Redlands
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4453V
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
960 total850 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Acft observed in vertical bank turning base. Acft stalled, spiraled into ground. Found 3 fouled spark plugs in eng

As the FAA filed it

ACFT OBSERVED IN VERTICAL BANK TURNING BASE. ACFT STALLED, SPIRALED INTO GROUND.FOUND 3 FOULED SPARK PLUGS IN ENG