ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13605
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| Date: | Friday 18 July 1969 |
| Time: | 5:24 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | United Clearings Inc |
| Registration: | N9150Y |
| MSN: | 31-199 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hollywood-Burbank Airport, Los Angeles County, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hollywood-Burbank Airport (BUR/KBUR) Burbank, California |
| Fresno Chandler Executive Airport (FCH/KFCH) Fresno, California | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 18 July 1969 when crashed during initial climb out from Hollywood-Burbank Airport, Los Angeles County, California. Aircraft was engaged in a cargo flight to Fresno, California, and sustained an engine failure, due to carbon deposits on the spark plugs on #1 engine. Of the three persons on board, both crew (pilot and co-pilot) were killed. but the passenger survived, albeit severely injured.
Observers heard engine backfiring. Passenger was sitting between the pilot and co-pilot, with no seat or belt. Aircraft was taking off near gross maximum take off weight, and the cargo was not tied down securely. The cargo may have shifted in flight, upsetting the aircraft's centre of gravity.
Registration N9150Y cancelled by the FAA on August 21, 1970
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX70A0005 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=6356&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9150Y
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1969/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-hollywood-2-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N9150Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2015 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2015 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 12-Sep-2017 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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