ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13019
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| Date: | Monday 14 May 1979 |
| Time: | 21:21 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2383T |
| MSN: | 28-7225062 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Beach, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | MARYSVILLE,CA |
| Long Beach Airport, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted terrain during a final approach in poor visibility.
Cause: Improper IFR operation.
An eyewitness reported: "I went to Stanford Jr. High just a block from where this plane crashed. Saw the damage the next morning and afternoon.
The Piper P-28 carrying 2 occupants ( if I recall, the pilot and his wife (or a family member)
Came falling out of the sky at about 9:20 pm and crashed into the side of a really nice house.The address was 2286 Fanwood Ave. Both were killed on impact, where it burst into flames.
The home wasn’t overly damaged.".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=35973&key=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2020 08:58 | Rose Myers | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2020 09:01 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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