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| Date: | Saturday 23 January 1965 |
| Time: | 08:25 |
| Type: |  Fairchild M-62C |
| Owner/operator: | Pennington |
| Registration: | N56681 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacumba, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brown Field |
| Jacumba | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
date of recovery-01/23/65.Passenger was studentpilot with 12 total flight hours. #5 cyl. Failed. Pilot Pennington and his sister departed from Brown Field destination Jacumba. Pilot had recently obtained his certificate ans was taking his sister for breakfast at Jacumba.
Engine had been recently overhauled and had very little operational time prior to the incident.
R. Fusco
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jan-2014 09:31 | R Fusco | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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