Piper PA-34 N56954

Summary

On 4 July 1978 at about 23:50 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N56954, operated by Pacific Wing A, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ysmite Nat Pk, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 July 1978 at 23:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ysmite Nat Pk, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-34

Registration

N56954

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Pacific Wing A

Operating rule

Fixed Base Operator

Purpose of flight

Pleasure

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Mariposa, Ca → Long Beach, Ca

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-2388

5 people died.

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

RECOVERY DATE 07/10/78. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL TESTED .08%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.