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Piper PA-23 N5301Y

6 April 1973 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 April 1973 at about 22:16 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5301Y, operated by Pine Mountain, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:16
Classification
Accident
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport
Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-23
Registration
N5301Y
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Pine Mountain
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Taxi
Route
S → Apple Valley, Calif
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number
3-0851

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

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

PA-23 TAXIED ONTO RWY IN PATH OF B-707 IN TKOF.DIDNT CLARIFY TAXI INSTRUCT.TAXIWAY LTG INADEQUATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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