Piper PA-22 N7606D
16 March 1973 · Long Beach, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 March 1973 at about 10:40 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N7606D was involved in an accident during in flight near Long Beach, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Long Beach
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22
- Registration
- N7606D
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Fullerton, Calif → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0591
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 TREE, FENCE THEN NOSED OVR INVERTED.VALVE FAILURE IN NO.3 CYL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 18 May 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Nyssa, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Provo, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Vinita, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Lubbock, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1973 | Piper PA-22 | Florence, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |