Piper PA-23 N4308P
16 March 1969 · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 March 1969 at about 13:40 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N4308P, operated by Bates Aviation, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Costa Mesa, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N4308P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Bates Aviation
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Dual
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Hawthorne, Calif → Hawthorne, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3054
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 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
POSSIBLE SINGLE ENG PRACTICE ON DOWNWIND LEG.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Dania, Florida, United States | L-R Aircraft | No injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Brownsburg, Indiana, United States | Graves Flying | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States | Frantz Flying | No injuries | - |
| 1 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Windham, New Hampshire, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-23 | Great Falls, Montana, United States | Missoula Skyfl | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |