- Date
- July 3, 1967
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5992SBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115907
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0703 67/7/3 TORRANCE,CALIF BEECH A23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 126 TIME - 1252 N5992S PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK AUTO.POSIT OF CARB HEAT NOT KNOWN DUE FIRE DMGE.WX-CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5992S
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Torrance Muni
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