# NTSB LAX70F0187: Cessna 310B, N5489A, Santa Ana, CA, October 30, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1969
- Place: Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159499
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70F0187
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70F0187

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5489A-1970-06-23), registration cancelled 1970-06-23, S/N 35689 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Orange County

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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