- Date
- March 16, 1969
- Place
- Costa Mesa, CA · COSTA MESA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4308PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3054 69/3/16 COSTA MESA,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1340 N4308P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 2487 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 37 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CALIF HAWTHORNE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- POSSIBLE SINGLE ENG PRACTICE ON DOWNWIND LEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4308P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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