| Date: | Monday 9 July 1973 |
| Time: | 00:25 |
| Type: | Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Air Tarriffs Corporation Inc |
| Registration: | N4895T |
| MSN: | 34-7250166 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean off Goleta, California -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California (SFO/KS |
| Destination airport: | Santa Barbara, California (SBA/KSBA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) July 9, 1973: Crashed in ocean & sank 1-3 miles from shore off Goleta, California, after a missed approach to Santa Barbara Airport. Few parts & records recovered. All five persons on board (pilot and four passengers) were presumed killed.
Registration N4895T cancelled by the FAA on September 5, 1973
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | LAX74AL003 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX74AL003 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=85910&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4895T 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N4895T/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 27-Nov-2016 14:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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