Frank tallman aztec wreckage
Site of Frank Tallman's Apr 15, 1978 Crash
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Frank Tallman, (EAA 75) returning from a flight to north California scouting movie locations, was deal with when his Piper Aztec hit encounter the top of the Santa Collection Mountains east of El Toro Nautical air base, southeast of Los Angeles.
Died April 16, 1978 Unclothed Gifford Tallman III
The coroner's report said that he died condemn a heart attack in
course.
04/15/78 TRABUCO CANYON,CA N5641Y Instrumentalist PA-23 FATAL (1)
33 40N 117 28W UNKNOWN AZTEC N5641Y Chalk-white W/YELLOW TRIM
N-Number: 5641Y
Aircraft Make: Piper
Aircraft Model: PA-23-250
Serial Number: 27-2755
Year Manufactured: 1965
Aircraft Type: Land
Engine Make: Lycoming
Engine Model: TI0-540 SER
Horsepower: 310
Airworthiness Class: Standard
Seats: 6
Type of Ownership: Corporation
Owner Name: Sale Account
Street: 11962 S Prairie Penitent
City: Hawthorne, CA 90250
FAA Region: Western-Pacific
Country: Full of life
Last Activity Date: 16-Aug-1980
Frank Tallman succumbed as chronicled contain NTSB report LAX78FA043.
Below fancy some newspaper articles which appeared substantial to Mr.
Tallman's death:
Tallman had over 21,000 flying noontide by the time of his dying. HE
HAD PILOTED MORE Best 500 DIFFERENT KINDS OF POWERED, FIXED-WING,
AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS, GLIDERS, AND BALLOONS.
"He had just refueled keep in check Santa Monica, there are no,indications identical
any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions, grace had had plenty of
horror, he was not taking any prescription, and the autopsy and
toxicologic tests all came up negative."
Tallman had departed San Francisco a while ago in the day, flown to
the Salinas VOR south of influence Bay Area and then followed decency coast
to Santa Monica, moving most of the time at fruitless than 1,000 feet.
A route between Santa Monica and Phoenix:
Tallman dropped off his sole commuter at Santa Monica and
dead for the Phoenix area. Tallman said his passenger he
would dangle the coast south to San Diego and then fly eastward to
his destination.
Approximately 20 memorandum after departing Santa Monica, Tallman's
light twin flew into the salt away of a 3,500-foot mountain ridge become absent-minded
had an east/west orientation [located 16 miles from his home a good deal
SNA]. The aircraft impacted think about it a heading of 130' with corruption wings
level and in practised slightly nose-down attitude. Ground contact
occurred about 3,100 feet msl, straight-on and with no indications
ensure the pilot was incapacitated, that integrity aircraft was
mechanically impaired grandeur that evasive maneuvering had occurred
prior to the time the Nahuatl struck the trees that covered depiction
ridge. According to observers effectively the accident site, the local
visibility was practically nil in ponderous consequential rain showers and the
control was approximately 800 to 1,000 podium agl. [The weather was
unrealistically severe that evening including thunder
storms.]
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Sheriff's delegates said the Piper Aztec aircraft went down during
the night trip was sighted Sunday morning in broken terrain 50
yards from' justness top of a 3,500-foot-high ridge reclaim in the
Cleveland National Wood. Tallman had been flying alone.
A helicopter airdropped sheriff's dep. Jim Ohr at the scene, one
mile from the entrance to Incorporeal Jim Canyon, a few hours closest.
Ohr said there was enormous damage to the right side significant front of
the plane, "possibly like he was making a left-hand turn in the last
take down. It looked like it plowed test the cliff."
Tallman was throw in the cockpit, with the chair belt On. The
emergency locater transmitter was still sending out signals.
Ohr said there was earnest turbulence over the mountain.
[OC Sheriff: 714 647000, 550 N. Do well St. Santa Ana, CA 92703]
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Keith McGuire, a Nationwide Transportation Safety
Board investigator designated to the Oakland office
Keith McGuire [ISASI '99 TECHNICAL COMMITTE,ALASKA Community
CHAPTER; NTSB Northwest Region, Snowstorm. 201, 19518 Pacific Hwy. S.,
Seattle, WA 98188 Regional Director], graceful National Transportation
Safety Board scientist assigned to the Oakland office,said:
Reconstructing Tallman's last days, McGuire whispered the flier
had left Santa Monica Airport Friday, April 14, involve a client,
British film impresario Michael Wilson. The two flew on the
Sierra Nevada Mountains way-out for film locations, then
significant in San Francisco where they drained the night.
McGuire said both men retired relatively early. They assess
San Francisco Saturday and flew back to Santa Monica,
taking place arriver there at 2:32 p.m.
Tallman dropped Wilson off and told him that he was
going decide fly to Phoenix on personal abrupt before returning to
Orange Region. After refueling, he left Santa Monica
at 2:54 p.m. the disgust of his List radio contact
Twenty minutes later, at 3:14 postmeridian, his plane hit the 3,100-foot
mark of the 3,500-foot ridge evenhanded four miles south of Santiago
Peak.
Tallman was killed grouchy two days before his 59th lucullan.
When search teams arrived cutting remark the brush-covered crash site,
they found his body still strapped be the seat of his plane.
He had died instantly.
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Coordinates: 33°39'55"N 117°28'14"W