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N American T-6 N9542C

16 November 1971 · Bonita, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 November 1971 at about 11:27 local time, a N American T-6 registered N9542C was involved in an accident during in flight near Bonita, California, United States. One person was on board. In all, 4 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 11:27
Classification
Accident
Location
Bonita, California, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
N American T-6
Registration
N9542C
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Santee, Calif → San Diego, Calif
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-4559

People

4 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 4 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

ALL 4 PERS WERE PLTS EMPLOYED BY SAME OPERATOR AND WERE RET TO BASE AFTER ATTENDING A MEETING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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