Cessna 170B N2583D
28 September 1969 · Needles, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 28 September 1969 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2583D was involved in an accident during in flight near Needles, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Needles, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170B
- Registration
- N2583D
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Bullhead City, Ariz → Essex, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-2876
People
3 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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
PLT AWOKE, SAW MT TOO LATE TO AVOID IT. PILOT-PILOT FELL ASLEEP.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 1969 | Cessna 170 | Worland, Wyoming, United States | Cody Treater C | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1969 | Cessna 170B | Ulysses, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Feb 1969 | Cessna 170B | Sterling, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 1969 | Cessna 170A | Tanacross, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1969 | Cessna 170B | Mosby, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1969 | Cessna 170B | Chowchilla, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |