Cessna 185 N9844X

2 March 1971 · Corona, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 2 March 1971 at about 09:30 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N9844X, operated by Missionary AVI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Corona, 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: 2 March 1971 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Corona, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N9844X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Missionary AVI
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Check
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Fullerton, Calif → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3512

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

HIT CANYON WALL IN STEEP BANK. EVALUATION FLT OFPLTS ABILITY.IP HAD MDT-SEVERE ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3512, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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