Date:	Saturday 18 January 1964
Time:	18:00
Type:	Raven S-40
Owner/operator:	Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Assoc Inc
Registration:	N12000
MSN:	108
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Dana Point, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Ditched 18/01/1964 near Dana Point, California: wreckage not found until 20/01/64 (two days later). The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
WEATHER - LOW CEILING
WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION"

1. NTSB Identification: Unknown at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=193&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=12000

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


24 July 2004

N15053

Private

0

Middletown, Ohio

min

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
29-Dec-2015 18:28	JINX	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
12-Aug-2016 18:05	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Dec-2016 01:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
11-Feb-2017 21:41	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, ]