- Date
- August 10, 1968
- Place
- Seal Beach, CA · SEAL BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9284Bell P-39
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4931 68/8/10 SEAL BEACH,CALIF BELL P-39 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 32, 200 TIME - 1015 N9284 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF SANTA ANNA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- 240K,ACFT OBSVD TO SNAP ROLL R,NOSE DWN ABT 70DEG,SPIRAL.PLT DPTD APRX 600FT MSL.CHUTE UNOPENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9284
- Reported as
- Bell P-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meadowlark
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