Plane Crash List

Cessna 310 N3699D

29 May 1978 · Irvine, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 29 May 1978 at about 20:41 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N3699D was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Irvine, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:41
Classification
Accident
Location
Irvine, California, United States
Nearest airport
Orange County
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 310
Registration
N3699D
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Big Bear City, Ca → Santa Ana, Ca
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number
3-1938

People

4 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 4 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

FOLLOWING B-737 ON FINAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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