- Date
- March 25, 1981
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N24MHCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810325012379A
- Case key
- 136434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0534 81/3/25 NR.SANTA MARIA,CA CESSNA 340 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 2585 TIME - 1118 N24MH PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANNA,CA OAKLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24MH
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N24MHRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Cessna 340Airframe modelCessna 340Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 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.