ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214088
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| Date: | Sunday 5 August 2018 |
| Time: | 12:28 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 414 |
| Owner/operator: | Category III Aviation Corp |
| Registration: | N727RP |
| MSN: | 414-0385 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3963 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520 NB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near John Wayne-Orange County Airport (SNA/KSNA), CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Concord-Buchanan Field, CA (CCR/KCCR) |
| Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and four passengers were nearing the completion of a cross-county business flight. While maneuvering in the traffic pattern at the destination airport, the controller asked the pilot if he could accept a shorter runway. The pilot said he could not, so he was instructed to enter a holding pattern for sequencing; less than a minute later, the pilot said he could accept the shorter runway. He was instructed to conduct a left 270° turn to enter the traffic pattern. The pilot initiated a left bank turn and then several seconds later the bank increased, and the airplane subsequently entered a steep nose-down descent. The airplane impacted a shopping center parking lot about 1.6 miles from the destination airport.
A review of the airplane's flight data revealed that, shortly after entering the left turn, and as the airplane’s bank increased, its airspeed decreased to about 59 knots, which was well below the manufacturer’s published stall speed in any configuration.
Postaccident examination of the airframe and engines revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during the turn, which resulted in an exceedance of the aircraft's critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the traffic pattern which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent spin at a low altitude, which the pilot was unable to recover from.
Sources:
http://www.usacurrentnews.com/3-dead-in-plane-crash-in-santa-ana-ocfa/
http://abc7.com/5-killed-when-small-plane-crashes-in-santa-ana-parking-lot/3888883/
https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/08/05/plane-crashes-down-on-orange-county-parking-lot/
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Airplane-Crashes-in-Santa-Ana-490102121.html
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/08/05/plane-crashes-in-santa-ana-parking-lot/
http://abc7news.com/east-bay-woman-idd-as-one-of-socal-plane-crash-victims/3889035/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n727rp#1d65145a
https://fr.flightaware.com/live/flight/N727RP/history/20180805/1723Z/KCCR/KSNA
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=727RP
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001390368.html
Location
Images:
Photo(c): NTSB
Media:
I feel for the young man in the video holding his face, with his mouth agape, realizing that a plane is plummeting, in a nose dive, to the ground in front of him. Interestingly, officials say there was no fire upon impact, or after, in Santa Ana, Calif pic.twitter.com/pA8yGffWxU
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) 6 août 2018
#BREAKING: A Twin Engine Cessna aircraft has crashed into a CVS parking lot in #SantaAna, CA.
— PD | Live (@PDNotify) August 5, 2018
• Aircraft registered out of #OrangeCounty
• Reports of several fatalities. This is developing. pic.twitter.com/AR5rxdRIMN
PLANE DOWN-SANTA ANA- OCFA and Costa Mesa Fire units are onscene of an aircraft down in the 3900 block of Bristol Street in the City of Santa Ana. Unknown injuries at this time.
— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) 5 août 2018
#BREAKING 4 killed when small plane crashes in Santa Ana parking lot near South Coast Plaza, police sayhttps://t.co/dDy6VR4Qfq pic.twitter.com/UkIkL7iMHJ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) 5 août 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2018 20:07 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:11 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Plane category] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:11 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Plane category] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:12 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:15 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:16 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time] |
| 05-Aug-2018 20:35 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2018 21:28 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2018 21:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2018 21:30 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 06-Aug-2018 06:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 06:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 06:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 07:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 09:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 09:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2018 10:04 | Aficionado | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 11:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2018 12:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2018 20:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2022 15:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
| 11-Mar-2022 15:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2022 15:55 | Captain Adam | Updated [Category] |
| 20-Nov-2022 22:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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