# Accident 19820327006109A: Sptpuz RF4D, Rialto, CA, March 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1982, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rialto, CA
- Airport: Rialto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1174° N, 117.3892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rialto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1174&lon=-117.3892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7719, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7719-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.D (registry code 8451012, https://openairdocs.org/model/sportavia-putzer-fournier-r-f-4-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rectimo 4AR 1200 (registry code 52314, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rectimo-4ar-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPTPUZ RF4D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,558 total, 636 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820327006109A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TRYING FOR LIFT NEAR RIDGE LINE. ENCOUNTERED STRONG DOWNDRAFT, STRUCK ROCKY OUT CROPPING, WITH ENGINE FULL POWER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX82FUG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUG09), Mar 27, 1982: Fournier RF4D (N7719), Rialto, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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