19930118000539A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Robsin R22 BETA · Watsonville, CA · January 18, 1993

Date
January 18, 1993 · 12:39 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2304P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX93LA092
Reported as
Robsin R22BETA
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total

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.

Flying low and following river struck wires and crashed. Was looking for a missing person beleived in river.

As the FAA filed it

FLYING LOW AND FOLLOWING RIVER STRUCK WIRES AND CRASHED. WAS LOOKING FOR A MISSING PERSON BELEIVED IN RIVER.

NTSB investigation

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