Bell P-39 N9284
10 August 1968 · Seal Beach, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 August 1968 at about 10:15 local time, a Bell P-39 registered N9284 was involved in an accident during in flight near Seal Beach, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Seal Beach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Meadowlark
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell P-39
- Registration
- N9284
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Long Beach, Calif → Santa Anna, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4931
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
240K, ACFT OBSVD TO SNAP ROLL R, NOSE DWN ABT 70DEG, SPIRAL.PLT DPTD APRX 600FT MSL.CHUTE UNOPENED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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