Lake Havasu – Chino

On June 22, 1976 at 06:30 PM, Lake Havasu – Chino experienced a crash involving Stinson SR-10 Reliant, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Twentynine Palms California.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, oil temperature got high and the oil pressure got low. Oil spread on windshield. The engine lost power and the crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft struck a cabin and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N69747, MSN 77-490.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.1357°, -116.0544°.