# NTSB LAX68A0104: Piper PA-30, N7100Y, Ontario, CA, June 1, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 1, 1968
- Place: Ontario, CA · ONTARIO, CA
- Location: 34.0633° N, 117.6509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ontario, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0633&lon=-117.6509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0104
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0104

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3353   68/6/1    ONTARIO,CALIF       PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 776
        TIME - 1046                    N7100Y              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
        REMARKS- POWER INTERRUPTION,RT ENG.HIT AUTO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7100Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7100Y-1968-08-22), registration cancelled 1968-08-22, S/N 30-118, built 1964 (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
- Airport: Ontario

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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