# Accident 20051017028409A: Amtr LC41550FG, Warner Springs, CA, October 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2005, 10:32 local time
- Place: Warner Springs, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3950° N, 116.6064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3950&lon=-116.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285JB-2007-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC41-550FG (registry code 5150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LC41550FG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051017028409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 17, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1032 PDT, A LANCAIR LC41-550G, N285JB, COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN SIX MILES NORTH OF WARNER SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY JB LAUCHNER AVIATION LLC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE TWO PILOTS (A PRIVATE PILOT AND AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT), AND A NON PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED; AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. FLIGHT SERVICE HAS NO RECORD OF A PILOT BRIEFING BEING PROVIDED FOR N85JB ON 10/17/05. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GILLESPIE FIELD (SEE), SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AT 1011 PDT, WITH A DESTINATION OF SCOTTSDALE (SDL), ARIZONA. N285JB BECAME THE SUBJECT OF A FAMILY INITIATED ALNOT (ALERT NOTICE) MISSING AIRCRAFT NOTIFICATION ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005. CIVIL AIR PATROL AIRCRAFT LOCATED THE WRECKAGE ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 19, 2005. THE INITIAL RADAR TRACK DATA DEPICTS TRACK THAT ORIGINATED AT SEE, TRAVELED IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION, AND ENDS AT COMBS MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA, SIX MILES NORTH OF WARNER SPRINGS.

## 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 LAX06FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA014), Oct 17, 2005: Lancair LC-41-550FG (N285JB), Warner Springs, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance and their decision to continue flight into known adverse weather conditions. Contributing to the accident was overcast conditions, and…

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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