# NTSB LAX66A0010: Piper PA-30, N7344Y, Orange, CA, July 19, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 19, 1965
- Place: Orange, CA · ORANGE, CA
- Location: 33.7870° N, 117.8613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7870&lon=-117.8613&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0639  65/7/19    ORANGE CALIF        PIPER PA-30         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1239                    N7344Y              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 30, 4183 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            102 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7344Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7344Y-1965-10-25), registration cancelled 1965-10-25, S/N 30-394 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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