- Date
- January 14, 1973
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5334PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730114000779A
- Case key
- 169539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0094 73/1/14 AVALON,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0905 N5334P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 1171 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TORRANCE,CALIF RETURN AVALON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- IN FLT FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5334P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Catalina
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.