# Accident 20020618016139A: Yaklev YAK52, Antioch, CA, June 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2002, 10:20 local time
- Place: Antioch, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9358° N, 121.7667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9358&lon=-121.7667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N644LL-2002-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618016139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS WHEN IT CRASHED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED VERTICAL. (.19) ON JUNE 18, 2002, AT 1238 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A YAKOLEV YAK 52 AIRPLANE, N644LL, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY ANOTHER PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. THE PILOT, WHO HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE, WAS FATALLY INJURIED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BUCHANAN FIELD, CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, AT 0650. ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS PERFORMING A "LOOP" WHEN THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. AN FAA INSPECTOR, WHO EXAMINED THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS RESTING IN A SHALLOW CRATER AND THAT BOTH WINGS, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND FUSELAGE WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE SITE.

## 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 LAX02LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA202), Jun 18, 2002: Yakovlev YAK 52 (N644LL), Antioch, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control while performing acrobatic maneuvers due to a screwdriver restricting elevator travel. A contributing factor was the airplane's fuselage not being sterile of foreign objects.

## Other reports on N644LL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010527015809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010527015809I), May 27, 2001: Yaklev YAK52 (N644LL), Concord, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The PIC, raymond puddy, was in the rear cockpit giving instruction to the second pilot, paul wirkkala, seated in the front cockpit. The second ilot was…

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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