- Date
- September 7, 1972
- Place
- Seal Beach, CA · SEAL BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9009Bell P-63
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3763 72/9/7 SEAL BEACH,CALIF BELL P-63 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1707 N9009 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 46, 2960 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENG QUIT OVER OCEAN. PLT BAILED OUT OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9009
- Reported as
- Bell P-63
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed