# Accident 20060226025389A: Aerovd L39, California Cit, CA, February 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2006, 08:20 local time
- Place: California Cit, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2264° N, 118.1006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2264&lon=-118.1006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39DF-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39 (registry code 05603SJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060226025389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX 7:15 AM, ON FEBRUARY 26, 2006, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY), VAN NUYS, CA. AIRCRAFT FLEW DIRECT TO THE MOUNTAIN RANGE AREA NORTH, NORTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA CITY, KERN COUNTY, CA. AIRCRAFT WAS ONE OF TWO AV-L39 AIRCRAFT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED BY A THIRD AIRCRAFT (CE-310), FOR A MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION. UPON COMPLETION OF A CLOSE-UP FILMING WITH THE CAMERA AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A BREAK-OFF MANUEVER TO THE RIGHT, AND HEADED APPROX 180 DEGREE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE CAMERA AIRCRAFT. APPROX 35 TO 45 SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN LOCATED APPROX 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF CALIFORNIA CITY AIRPORT (L71), CALIFORNIA CITY, CA.

## 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 LAX06FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA124), Feb 26, 2006: Aero Vodochody L39 (N39DF), California City, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to maintain terrain clearance during an intentionally performed course reversal turn at low altitude.

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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