# Accident 20050112001689A: Amtr LANCAIR235, El Cajon, CA, January 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2005, 14:38 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8261° N, 116.9725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124JH-2007-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hill Jimmy LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05626K4, https://openairdocs.org/model/hill-jimmy-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 97 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050112001689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/12/05, LANCAIR 235, N124JH, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING AT GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON, CA. FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER CFR PART 91. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING EXTREMELY FAST AND LOW. ONE WITNESS STATED AIRCRAFT WAS EXTREMELY LOW 6 MILES EAST OF AIRFIELD ON APPROACH. PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX05LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA064), Jan 12, 2005: Jimmy Hill Lancair 235 (N124JH), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath to avoid obstacles and terrain.

## Other reports on N124JH (1)

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

- [Incident 19990516016609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516016609I), May 16, 1999: Amtr LANCAIR235 (N124JH), Roseburg, OR, Minor damage. Witnesses said they had observed the aircraft on landing with the nose wheel down and the main gears hanging at a slight 45 degree angle. The aircraft touched…

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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