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| Date: | Friday 19 October 1979 |
| Time: | 23:16 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA.26AT Merlin IIB |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N65103 |
| MSN: | T26-140E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palo Alto, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Bakersfield, CA |
| Palo Alto, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed after bird strike on landing, damaging seven other aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Oct-2010 15:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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