# Accident 20040925024259A: Bushms BUSHMSTR2000, Fullerton, CA, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 13:23 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8756° N, 117.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8756&lon=-117.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N750RW-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bushmaster 2000 (registry code 0350406, https://openairdocs.org/model/bushmaster-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BUSHMS BUSHMSTR2000
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,445 total, 47 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04FA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925024259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. JAY YOSHINAGA, PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MECHANIC, WERE DEPARTING RUNWAY 24 AT FUL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND CROSSING TAXIWAY 3 AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE TO AVOID THE LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WHICH WERE ON THE PARKING RAMP FOR THE FUL AIRPORT APPRECIATION DAY. AFTER LIFT-OFF THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A HARD LEFT TURN AND BANK TO AVOID HITTING THE ATCT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED ON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND MECHANIC WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE CRASH AND FIRE. TWO PASSENGERS IN A VEHICLE HEADING WEST ON COMMONWEALTH RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES CAUSED WHEN THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FRONT PORTION OF THEIR VEHICLE. THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION NOTED A TIE DOWN STRAP WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE RUDDER AND A LARGE S HOOK WAS ATTACHED TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR INBOARD HINGE ATTACH POINT. THE SEPARATED END OF THIS STRAP APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS S HOOK. THE STRAP WAS USED AS A HOMEMADE GUST LOCK.

## 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 LAX04FA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA330), Sep 25, 2004: Bushmaster 2000 (N750RW), Fullerton, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the inadequate preflight inspection by the pilot-in-command, where the pilot failed to remove the makeshift gust lock attached to the rudder and left elevator of the airplane. As a result, the…

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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