- Date
- July 30, 1973
- Place
- Buena Park, CA · BUENA PARK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6777XCessna 310F
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730730030519A
- Case key
- 189173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2508 73/7/30 BUENA PARK,CALIF CESSNA 310F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1200 TIME - 1352 N6777X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULLERTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CALIF TORRANCE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R ENG QUIT,PLT FEATH R PROP & RET TO ARPT.TURNED INTO DEAD ENG IN SLOW FLT.FIRE DESTROYED FUEL SYS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6777X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fullerton
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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.