Cessna 310A N135Z

2 August 1973 · Chester, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 2 August 1973 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 310A registered N135Z, operated by Usda Forest SE, was involved in an accident during in flight near Chester, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 August 1973 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Chester, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 310A
Registration: N135Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Usda Forest SE
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Fire Control
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Redding, Calif → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2421

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	1

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

SPOTTED FIRE ZONE FOR TANKERS.ENTERED STEEP CLIMBING TURN, DSCND IN TURN & STRUCK TBM ON DROP RUN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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40.3063, -121.2319
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Chester, California, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-2421, 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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27 Jun 1973	Cessna 310 N7714H	Provo, Utah, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	5
12 May 1973	Cessna 310 N555KD	Menard, Texas, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
18 Dec 1973	Cessna 310L N3269X	Manhattan, Kansas, United States approximate position	Capitol Air SE	Fatal	2
2 May 1973	Cessna 310C N2970G	Yakima, Washington, United States approximate position	Capital Airway	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1973	Cessna 310J N3008L	Omaha, Nebraska, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	5
4 Aug 1973	Cessna 310 N4063Q	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-

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2 Jan 1973	Cessna 150J N61178	No.olmstead, Ohio, United States not on the map	Ortner Air SER	No injuries	-
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8 Mar 1973	Cessna 210H N5941F	Flagler Beach, Florida, United States approximate position	Asphalt Produc	Fatal	1
14 Apr 1973	Cessna 172 N2692U	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
24 May 1973	Cessna 150F N8182F	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
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