# NTSB LAX73AL044: Cessna 320D, N4125T, Fullerton, CA, March 21, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 21, 1973
- Place: Fullerton, CA · FULLERTON, CA
- Location: 33.8857° N, 117.9280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fullerton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8857&lon=-117.9280&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73AL044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0897  73/3/21    FULLERTON,CALIF     CESSNA 320D         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 866
        TIME - 1954                    N4125T              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 167 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FULLERTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAS VEGAS,NEV               FULLERTON,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4125T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4125T-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 320D0025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Registry model: [Cessna 320D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (registry code 2074512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fullerton

## 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 19730321007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730321007079A), Mar 21, 1973: Cessna 320D, Fullerton, CA, Destroyed

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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