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| Date: | Monday 28 January 2019 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-151 Warrior |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N37RV |
| MSN: | 28-7515205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2369 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E3D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oceanside, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oceanside Municipal Airport, CA (OCN/KOKB) |
| Hawthorne Airport, CA (HHR/KHHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On January 28, 2019, about 2100 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-151 airplane, N37RV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Oceanside, California. The pilot was seriously injured, and the passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
Video from the airport surveillance system showed the airplane arrived at the airport, and the pilot and passenger then left for a period. Two witnesses at the airport about that time described deteriorating weather conditions, including fog, and cancelled their evening flight. The video showed the pilot and passenger returned to the airport and then departed on the night visual flight rules flight. A witness near the airport watched the airplane take off, turn left, and enter fog followed by the sound of a loud crash sound. The wreckage was located the next morning, about 1/4 mile southwest of the airport just below the ridgeline of a 210-ft hill.
The pilot did not recall any of the details about the accident.
The airplane sustained substantial damage throughout the fuselage. Examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
A review of available weather vendors revealed no record of the pilot having received a preflight weather briefing; however, it could not be determined if the pilot obtained weather information using other sources. There were no pilot reports, SIGMETs, center weather advisories, or meteorological impact statements valid for the accident area. An AIRMET advisory Tango warned of moderate turbulence below 10,000 ft with conditions ending between 1900 and 2200. Reported weather at the departure airport indicated deteriorating visibility with fog present. Vertical visibility deteriorated from 300 ft above ground level (agl) to 200 ft agl in the hour before the accident flight departed. It is likely that the pilot departed into deteriorating weather conditions and failed to maintain clearance from the hillside
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper decision to depart on the night visual flight rules flight into deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in an in-flight encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and collision with rising terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/at-least-1-dead-in-oceanside-area-plane-crash-012919
http://www.cbs8.com/story/39870169/small-plane-crashes-in-oceanside-killing-one
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98896
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=37RV
Location
Images:
At the scene the night after the incident.
At the scene the night after the incident. This picture is looking back at KOKB
Media:
#California | Crews respond to small plane crash in Oceanside, CA. KGTV reports 1 person killed and another was trapped. #PlaneCrash
— BreakinNewz (@BreakinNewz01) 29 janvier 2019
Watch live here: https://t.co/8PdZbj5wrk pic.twitter.com/bm8I9gip09
Here's what we know so far about the deadly plane crash in Oceanside: https://t.co/jcZGTfn0EM pic.twitter.com/yi7rjowPlm
— #NBC7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) 29 janvier 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2019 16:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-Jan-2019 19:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2019 19:09 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 29-Jan-2019 19:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 29-Jan-2019 21:18 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 29-Jan-2019 23:49 | Geno | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, ] |
| 30-Jan-2019 02:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 20:21 | Wild Bill | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 20:21 | Wild Bill | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 21-Feb-2019 22:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2022 20:06 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2022 20:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 24-Dec-2024 18:15 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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