19890122001729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Polliwagon · Cajalco, CA · January 22, 1989

Date
January 22, 1989 · 09:11 local
Place
Cajalco, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N87AJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89DUG02
Reported as
Amtr Polliwagon
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,010 total1 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Reported control problems needed to burn off fuel then spun down to ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED CONTROL PROBLEMS NEEDED TO BURN OFF FUEL THEN SPUN DOWN TO GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.