# Accident 19951207040109A: Cessna 340A, La Verne, CA, December 7, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1995, 06:24 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0999° N, 117.8102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0999&lon=-117.8102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37324, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37324-1997-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,282 total, 653 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951207040109A

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC USE 340 COLLIDED WITH TREES AND BUILDING ON MISSED APPROACH. WEATHER BELOW MINIMUMS KNOWN BY PILOT.

## 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 LAX96FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA067), Dec 7, 1995: Cessna 340A (N37324), San Dimas, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to drugs, his resultant improper planning/decision, his failure to follow proper IFR procedures, and his failure to maintain proper altitude…

## Other reports on N37324 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810524037309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524037309I), May 24, 1981: Cessna 340A (N37324), Accident, WV, Minor damage. Hard landing and bounced doing damage to prop tips.

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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