# Accident 19890122001729A: Amtr POLLIWAGON, Cajalco, CA, January 22, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1989, 09:11 local time
- Place: Cajalco, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N87AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87AJ-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mason Arthur J POLLIWAGEN AJM-1 (registry code 056123B, https://openairdocs.org/model/mason-arthur-j-polliwagen-ajm-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR POLLIWAGON
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890122001729A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX89DUG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUG02), Jan 22, 1989: Mason AJM-1 (N87AJ), Cajalco, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL DESCENT INTO THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S PHYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AIRCRAFT.

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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