Navion A-1 N8918H
29 June 1974 · Pismo Beach, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 29 June 1974 at about 11:15 local time, a Navion A-1 registered N8918H was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Pismo Beach, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 4 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pismo Beach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Oceano Cnty
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Navion A-1
- Registration
- N8918H
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Oceano, Calif → Merced, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2264
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 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
ARTIFICIAL HORIZON REMOVED, INST PANEL BEING REMODELED.CRASHED INTO OCEAN.MIL INST RATING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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