Date:	Wednesday 27 July 1966
Time:	04:20
Type:	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N5749Y
MSN:	27-2873
Year of manufacture:	1965
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hayward, Alameda County, California -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hayward Executive Airport,Hayward, California (HWD/KHWD)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec N5749Y: Written off (destroyed) July 27 1966 when stalled and crashed at Hayward, Alameda County, California. The pilot - the sole person on board - was killed. The wreckage landed in a shallow salt pond. The Pilot's blood alcohol level 0.10 percent. According to the official NTSB Report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
FACTOR(S)
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
WEATHER - LOW CEILING - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION
WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
SKY CONDITION : CLOUD CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE - OVERCAST 800 FEET"

1. NTSB Identification: OAK67A0014: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=23907&key=0
2. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayward_Executive_Airport

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
14-Nov-2020 19:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]