ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34624
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| Date: | Monday 11 October 1993 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  North American T-6G |
| Owner/operator: | Francis W. Elliot |
| Registration: | N7765C |
| MSN: | 50-1288A |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340-AN-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Green Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Van Nuys, CA (KVNY) |
| Lancaster, CA (KWJF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The CFI planned to check out his student, who was a foreign country airline pilot, in the North American T-6G. The CFI planned to fly in a northward direction to Lancaster, which required traveling over rising mountainous terrain. At departure, a broken ceiling existed with a 3,000-foot msl base. Witnesses observed the northbound T-6G flying below the clouds and maneuvering up a canyon. Seconds before the airplane made a 180-degree course reversal turn and impacted the side of a mountain, it was observed flying in a northward direction 100 to 200 feet over a home and just below the cloud bases. The visibility was estimated at 0.25 miles, and the crash site elevation was about 3,600 feet msl.
Probable Cause: the CFI's failure to maintain the proper altitude while flying over mountainous terrain, and his inadvertent flight into instrument weather conditions. Contributing factors were the CFI's improper in-flight decision to fly at the low altitude and his misjudged evaluation of the weather.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94FA009
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2018 08:36 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 10-Apr-2024 10:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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