Accident Piper PA-23 Apache N1330P,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 11739
 
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Date:Saturday 3 February 1979
Time:17:04
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA23 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-23 Apache
Owner/operator:Ronald Patterson
Registration: N1330P
MSN: 23-374
Year of manufacture:1955
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Category:Accident
Location:Between Klamath Falls, OR, and Crescent City, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Klamath Falls, Oregon (LMT/KLMT)
Destination airport:Crescent City, CA (CEC/KCEC)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Went missing 3/2/1979 on a flight between Klamath Falls, Oregon and Crescent City, California. No trace of any wreckage or the three persons on board found; injury index and aircraft damage presumed.

Registration N1330P belatedly cancelled by the FAA on 6.7.2009

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: OAK79FAMS1
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 month
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=38176&key=0
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=1330P

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
14-Mar-2011 16:17 patterson Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Phase, Nature, Damage]
14-Mar-2011 16:58 patterson Updated [Nature, Departure airport]
29-May-2014 22:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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