- Date
- May 10, 1969
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9405ZDouglas B-26B
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 69/5/10 LOS ANGELES,CALIF DOUGLAS B-26B CR- 4 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1117 N9405Z PX- 0 0 0 TEST 49, 11131 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FRONT BANK L ENG FAILED.ACFT,SNGL PLT CONFIGN.L PROP NOT FTHRD.3 CREW DIED DUE FIRE,2 IN APT BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9405Z
- Reported as
- Douglas B-26B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles
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