Plane Crash List

Boeing PT-13 N9722Z

19 May 1978 · Irvine, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 May 1978 at about 16:45 local time, a Boeing PT-13 registered N9722Z was involved in an accident during in flight near Irvine, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Irvine, California, United States
Nearest airport
Orange County
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing PT-13
Registration
N9722Z
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Elsinore, Ca → Santa Ana, Ca
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2088

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 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

FORCED LDG ON VERY ROUGH, HARD SOD.#5 HEAD CYL CRACKED.MAIN FUEL LINE BROKEN OFF AT CARB.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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All 8 records for this type

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