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Date: | Friday 2 December 1960 |
Time: | 07:47 |
Type: | Luscombe 8A |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N71700 |
MSN: | 3127 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Palm Springs, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Calexico, CA |
Destination airport: | Palm Springs Airport, CA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Collided with Piper Apache and crashed. Tail sheared off. Occupants seriously injured. The badly damaged Piper landed safely.
Sources:
Desert Sun 2 December 1960, p1+2
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=71700 Revision history:
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05-Feb-2021 19:11 |
TB |
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08-Apr-2024 11:03 |
Cobar |
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08-Apr-2024 11:07 |
Cobar |
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08-Apr-2024 11:14 |
Cobar |
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