Date:	Friday 24 August 1979
Time:	12:11
Type:	Boeing-Stearman A75N1
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	N48784
MSN:	75-1763
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fair Oaks, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Phoenix Field; Fair Oaks, CA
Destination airport:	Phoenix Field; Fair Oaks, CA
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The passenger, Jacquelyn Burnett (age 17), was killed. The pilot, Stephen F. Williams 11.12.191-23.12.1989), was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 5 consecutive weekends (10 days total) in jail. The Sacramento County District Attorney alleged that Mr. Williams was attempting to fly under electric transmission lines that cross Lake Natoma from east to west at Mississippi Bar. The plane hit those lines. The Sacramento County Coroner determined that Miss Burnett died by drowning when the plane sank into the lake.

NTSB

Williams, Stephen Francis, in California Death Records; http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi

"Phoenix Field (historical)" in United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System; https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1666335

N48784 was salvaged and repaired and painted with "recall markings" (blue and white stripes); https://flightaware.com/photos/view/675554-8f7ed34c8058bc897aa1ded54613ea2ea3a6d717/aircraft/N48784/sort/votes/page/1

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
23-Sep-2012 03:05	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
23-Sep-2012 09:23	Anon.	Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport]
23-Sep-2012 12:41	Anon.	Updated [Source]
30-Sep-2012 01:08	Anon.	Updated [Source, Damage]
03-Oct-2012 13:32	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Source]
23-Apr-2017 18:11	TB	Updated [Operator, Narrative]