# NTSB LAX73AL033: Piper PA-24, N5334P, Avalon, CA, January 14, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 14, 1973
- Place: Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73AL033
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL033

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5334P-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 24-379 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Catalina

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730114000779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730114000779A), Jan 14, 1973: Piper PA24, Avalon, CA, Destroyed. In flt fire from undetermined source.

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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