# Accident 19910316005479A: Hwksly DH1251A522, San Diego, CA, March 16, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1991, 01:43 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6393° N, 116.8476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6393&lon=-116.8476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N831LC-2011-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Siddeley DH.125-1A/522 (registry code 4230110, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-dh-125-1a-522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce VIPER MK522 (registry code 54552, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-viper-mk522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HWKSLY DH1251A522
- Reported engine: RROYCE DART*
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 10
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 150 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910316005479A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN SLOPE 172 FT FROM TOP,VFR DEPARTURE PLANNED,IFR AFTER TAKEOFF,NORMAL TAKEOFF OBSERVED.

## 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 LAX91FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA132), Mar 16, 1991: Hawker Siddeley DH.125-1A/522 (N831LC), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, AND THE COPILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE…

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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