Date:	Monday 6 October 1975
Time:	12:54
Type:	Piper PA-34-200 Seneca
Owner/operator:	Tom Peck Aviation
Registration:	N55105
MSN:	34-7350173
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kirkwood, California (Near 38.65 N, 120.0 W) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Topaz Lake, Nevada
Destination airport:	Salinas Municipal Airport, Salinas, California (SNS/KSNS)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) October 6 1975 due to a in-flight break up over Kirkwood, California (Near co ordinates 38.65 N, 120.0 W): Aircraft not anti-icer, or de-icer equipped. According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING; SPATIAL DISORIENTATION; EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN, ETC. TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS"

Aircraft initially posted as "missing" until Wreckage recovered October 7, 1975 (the following day). Registration N55105 cancelled by the FAA on March 4, 1976

1. NTSB Identification: OAK76AP015 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=50785&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=55105
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N55105/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
29-Nov-2016 19:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]