ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3266
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| Date: | Friday 21 June 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  American Aviation AA-5 Traveler |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5885L |
| MSN: | AA5-0085 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Between Sacremento and Shelter Cove, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sacremento, CA (SMF/KSMF) |
| Shelter Cove, CA (0Q5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Presumed written off (damaged beyond repair) when went missing on a flight between Sacremento and Shelter Cove, Humboldt County, California, on 21 June 1974. The two persons on board (the 59-year-old pilot and one passenger) are also presumed killed. The aircraft is likely to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Northern California.
The aforesaid presumption is due to no trace of any wreckage being found, nor any trace of the two persons on board
Registration N5885L belatedly cancelled by the FAA 1 February 2013 (39 years later!) as "expired"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=31084&key=0
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=5885L
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_Cove_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jun-2014 21:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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