ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221279
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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 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Diego County, Oceanside, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield (KOKB), Oceanside, CA |
| Hawthorne Airport, CA (HHR/KHHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 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.
According to the pilot, the flight was departing Oceanside-Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield (OKB), California, and was destined for Hawthorne Airport (HHR), California. The pilot did not recall any part of the flight, who was at the flight controls, or the accident.
Review of the airport video surveillance system revealed that the accident airplane arrived at OKB about 18:33; it was refueled and tied down, and the pilot and passenger left the airport with the co-owner of the airplane. The video showed fog coming in about 20:00, and the pilot and passenger returned to the airport about 20:35. The video showed the accident airplane departed OKB about 21:00.
A witness near OKB saw the airplane take off, turn left, and enter fog; he then heard a loud noise that sounded like a crash.
Oceanside Police Department officers responded the night of the accident but, due to inclement weather, were unable to find the wreckage. The next morning, after receiving a call that reported the wreckage on a hillside, officers located the wreckage.
A review of National Weather Service data showed a surface trough along the California coast in the immediate vicinity of the accident site. Troughs can act as lifting mechanisms to help produce clouds and precipitation if sufficient moisture is present. Station models around the accident site depicted air temperatures in the upper 40 to mid-50°F range, dew point temperatures in the upper 40°F range, calm winds, and mostly clear skies with overcast skies reported northeast of the accident site.
The closest official weather reporting facility was OKB. A special weather report issued at 20:03 indicated calm wind, 3/4 sm visibility, mist, vertical visibility 300 ft agl, temperature 50°F, dewpoint 50°F, and an altimeter setting of 29.97 inches of Mercury. The remarks section indicated that the visibility varied between 1/4 mile and 4 miles. Reported weather at OKB at 2052 was wind from 040° at 3 kts, visibility 1/4 sm in fog, vertical visibility 200 ft agl, temperature 53.6°F, dewpoint 53.6°F, and an altimeter setting of 29.97 inches of Mercury.
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
Data___________________________
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=37RV
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98896/pdf
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] |
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