# Accident 19910717032159A: Amtrht SIROCCOMJ5, Lake Mathews, CA, July 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1991, 20:05 local time
- Place: Lake Mathews, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8906° N, 117.4407° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8906&lon=-117.4407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N239GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N239GA-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anderson Grant MJ5 SIROCCO-EAGLE (registry code 05613D9, https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-grant-mj5-sirocco-eagle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRHT SIROCCOMJ5
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 18 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA316) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717032159A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED DOING ACROBATICS. THEN IN A SPIN.STRUCK POWERLINE AND TUMBLED TO GROUND IMPACT. NOT RATED CARRY PASSENGER

## 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 LAX91LA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA316), Jul 18, 1991: Jurca MJ5 Sirocco (N239GA), Lake Mathews, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL LOW ALTITUDE FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A POWER LINE STATIC CABLE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS INADEQUATE LIGHT CONDITIONS WHICH REDUCED THE PILOT'S…

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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