# Accident 20060330010019A: Gulstm 112TCA, La Canada, CA, March 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2006, 14:53 local time
- Place: La Canada, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2511° N, 118.1758° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2511&lon=-118.1758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4641W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4641W-2006-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 112TCA (registry code 7630307, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112tca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 112TCA
- Reported engine: LYC TO360C1A6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 178 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060330010019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VFR) PRIVATE PILOT- VFR RATED. SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT CAME SPIRALING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF CLOUDS, WITH THE NOSE POINTED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX06FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA133), Mar 30, 2006: Rockwell 112 TCA (N4641W), La Canada, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and an adequate airspeed during climb to cruise that led to a stall/spin. Contributing to the accident were the clouds and the pilot's physiological…

## Other reports on N4641W (1)

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

- [Incident 20020212001869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212001869I), Feb 12, 2002: Gulstm 112TCA (N4641W), Cullman, AL. (-23) Pilot states after leaving birmingham, while in flight he was informed by ATC that his transponder had failed, then radios became intermittent and failed…

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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