Accident Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six N2781M,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13768
 
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Date:Saturday 26 January 1980
Time:13:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Owner/operator:Long Beach Fly
Registration: N2781M
MSN: 32-7840055
Year of manufacture:1977
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:N of Santa Catalina Island, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Catalina Island, CA
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Pilot rprtd seeing a boat in psbl distress.Struckwtr during low pass.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX80FA041
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
09-Jul-2023 00:29 Ron Averes Updated

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