- Date
- October 20, 1964
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7179YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181824
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0900 64/10/20 NR.EUREKA CALIFORNIA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1585 TIME - 0915 N7179Y PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN.ITEMS OF IDENTIFIABLE WRECKAGE RCVRD.PILOT PRESUMED DEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7179Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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