# Accident 20050831020369A: Avions R2160, Avalon, CA, August 31, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2005, 13:50 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4883° N, 118.4519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4883&lon=-118.4519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216RN-2008-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avions Pierre Robin PIERRE ROBIN R2160 (registry code 0960101, https://openairdocs.org/model/avions-pierre-robin-pierre-robin-r2160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIONS R2160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,304 total, 515 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831020369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS OVER THE OCEAN NEAR CATALINA ISLAND. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN INADVERTENT SPIN. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE SPIN. AT ABOUT 2500 FT AGL HE TOLD THE STUDENT THEY MUST BAIL OUT AND JETTISONED THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY. THE STUDENT BAILED OUT WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVES HIS PARACHUTE CANOPY FULLY DEPLOYED ABOUT 1000 FEET ABOVE THE WATER. HE STATED THAT WHILE DESCENDING HE OBSERVED THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE WATER WITH HIS PARACHUTE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE PARACHUTE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PACKED PROPERLY AND FROM EXAMINATION BY A CERTIFIED PARACHUTE RIGGER, IT APPEARS THAT THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE D-RING IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY THE PARACHUTE BUT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR THE PARACHUTE TO FULLY DEPLOY.

## 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 LAX05LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA283), Aug 31, 2005: Avions Robin R.2160 (N216RN), Avalon, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's unsuccessful recovery from a spin. The underlying reason was not determined.

## Other reports on N216RN (1)

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

- [Incident 20021009028089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021009028089I), Oct 9, 2002: Avions R2160 (N216RN), Ranchopaloverde, CA, Minor damage. (-23) N216RN, R-2160 force landed at ocean trails golf course in rancho palos verdes, CA at 1445 on oct. 9th with engine problems. There was minor damage to…

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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