ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36803
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Date: | Monday 28 March 1988 |
Time: | 13:20 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-151 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N4376F |
MSN: | 28-7715026 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3408 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Valley Center, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Huntington Bch , CA (L16) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ROTATE TO A HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY SAID THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A LEFT TURN & DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. IMPACT OCCURRED ON RISING TERRAIN, BEYOND A GULLY, ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 17. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING AN EXAM OF THE ACFT, THOUGH IT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING IMPACT. THE PLT HAD RPRTD 2000 HRS OF FLT TIME DRG APPLICATION FOR A MEDICAL CERT ON 4/29/87. A DRUG SCREEN OF THE PLT'S URINE SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA METABOLITES. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF HIS BLOOD SHOWED A CARBOXY-THC LEVEL OF 47 NG/ML. A PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, A MARIJUANA PIPE WITH FILTERS & SOME UNIDENTIFIED SEEDS WERE FOUND IN THE CABIN OF THE ACFT AFTER THE ACDNT. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X25291 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
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21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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