Aviation Crash Map

Beechcraft C-45H N88Q

7 August 1965 · Lakewood, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 August 1965 at about 02:09 local time, a Beechcraft C-45H registered N88Q, operated by Traceways Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Lakewood, California, United States. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 02:09
Classification
Accident
Location
Lakewood, California, United States
Nearest airport
Long Beach Muni
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Beechcraft C-45H
Registration
N88Q
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Traceways Inc
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
2-1063

People

8 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
8 8 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS WERE DESTROYED BY POST IMPACTFIRE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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