# Accident 20031204036189A: Wing D1WING, Rosamond, CA, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 08:27 local time
- Place: Rosamond, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8447° N, 118.3883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8447&lon=-118.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8602J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8602J-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wing D-1 (registry code 9690302, https://openairdocs.org/model/wing-d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WING D1WING
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 122 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204036189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 4, 2003 AT 08:54 PST A WIND D-1 N8602J, IMPACTED DESERT TERRAIN ABOUT 11 NAUTICAL MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ROSAMOND, CA. THE MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE ATP AND STUDENT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE NATIONAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL LOCATED IN MOJAVE, CA, OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RUNWAY 26 AT MOJAVE AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 0836.

## 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 LAX04FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA057), Dec 4, 2003: Wing D-1 (N8602J), Rosamond, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flying pilot's failure to obtain/maintain control of the airplane during practice stalls, which resulted in the inadvertent entry into a spin.

## Other reports on N8602J (1)

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

- [Incident 19930418012829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930418012829I), Apr 18, 1993: Wing D1WING (N8602J), St Joseph, MO, Minor damage. Landing gear malfunctioned on retraction. Unable to lower gear. Landed gear up in field next to runway.

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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