- Date
- November 5, 1976
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14406Beech D-45
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761105037259A
- Case key
- 155932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3260 76/11/5 AVALON,CA BEECH D-45 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 249 TIME - 1616 N14406 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EL TORO,CA RETURN AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- OBSERVED LOW OVER OCEAN,ACFT SMOKING. SANK IN 1560FT OF WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14406
- Reported as
- Beech D-45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.