Accident Beechcraft J35 Bonanza N7206B,
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Date:Sunday 15 May 1960
Time:13:36
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft J35 Bonanza
Owner/operator:private
Registration: N7206B
MSN: D-5512
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Wilson near Los Angeles, CA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Las Vegas, NV (11:30)
Destination airport:Van Nuys, CA
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Disappeared. Occupants decleared dead 6 July. Found crashed near Mount Wilson, Angeles National Forest, 25 miles northeast of Los Angeles, 28 November 1960. Jayne Liberace (42, former wife of musician George Liberace), millionaire Ralph Quartaroli (48). Registration not confirmed.

Sources:

Youngstown Vindicator 29 November 1960, p18
Desert Sun 17 May 1960, p1/7 July 1960, p1
https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/33397818/catherine-jayne-liberace
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/d-5000_to-d-5999.pdf (as crashed in California 34 15E 118 08W)
https://books.google.nl/books?id=nhR3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT111&lpg=PT111&dq=ralph+Quartaroli&source=bl&ots=ZLqVRS-0IN&sig=ACfU3U3zGWoXYqZ0n0twtDgTARn097RBtw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoke6vx5f9AhVL-qQKHUSPBN84ChDoAXoECBsQAw#v=onepage&q=ralph%20Quartaroli&f=false

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Jan-2016 23:04 JINX Added
29-Jan-2017 21:20 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
02-Feb-2021 16:49 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2021 17:21 TB Updated [Departure airport]
16-Apr-2021 14:40 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]

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