# NTSB LAX73DUG31: Phaneuf B8, Adelanto, CA, January 28, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1973
- Place: Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Location: 34.5828° N, 117.4092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Adelanto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5828&lon=-117.4092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73DUG31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG31

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0655  73/1/28    ADELANTO,CALIF      PHANEUF B8          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 20, 50 TOTAL
        TIME - 1332                    NONE                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ADELANTO,CALIF              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
        REMARKS- 34 PERCENT CARBON MONOXIDE IN BLOOD. CRASHED DURG SLOW,LOW ALT TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PHANEUF B8
- Category: Gyroplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: El Mirage

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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