- Date
- May 29, 1978
- Place
- Irvine, CA · IRVINE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3699DCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780529023229A
- Case key
- 142065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1938 78/5/29 IRVINE,CA CESSNA 310 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, UNK/NR TIME - 2041 N3699D PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG BEAR CITY,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOLLOWING B-737 ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3699D
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
N3699DRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2011 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.
Other investigations on N3699D · 2
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