- Date
- October 30, 1969
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5489ACessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 69/10/30 SANTA ANA,CALIF CESSNA 310B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0117 N5489A PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 4035 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 763 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CALIF SANTA ANA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: MISSED APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GS NOT RCVD,ENCTRD FOG AT MM.INITIATED MISSED APCH,R ENG LOST PWR,WING DROPPED.ALT LOW FOR RCVRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5489A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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