# Accident 20030530010449A: Aerovd L39, New Jerusalem, CA, May 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Jerusalem, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7497° N, 121.4283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7497&lon=-121.4283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139RH-2004-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39 (registry code 05603SJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030530010449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC DEPARTED BYRON AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 LOCAL ON MAY 30, 2003. PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE FLIGHT MANEUVERS AT THE AEROBATIC BOX LOCATED AT NEW JERUSALEM AIRPORT. WHILE CONDUCTING ALERION ROLL MANEUVERS OVER THE AIRFIELD THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PLANNED FLIGHT MANEUVER AND HEADED IN A NORTH WEST DIRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF IN FLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS AND THEN BEGAN A LEFT WING DOWN DESCENDING FLIGHT UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. PIC RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES UPON 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 LAX03LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA173), May 31, 2003: Aero Vodochody L-39 (N139RH), Tracy, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance while performing low level aerobatics.

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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