Piper PA-30 N8720V

23 March 1970 · Cottonwood, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 March 1970 at about 15:45 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8720V, operated by Aviation Cente, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Cottonwood, California, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 March 1970 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Cottonwood, California, United States
Nearest airport: River Lake Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N8720V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Aviation Cente
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → San Jose, Calif
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0044

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	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

OVER GROSS WT 504 LBS.CG 1.20 INS AFT OF CG LIMIT.EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES.

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 3-0044, 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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