36.8933° N, 121.4103° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HOLLISTER MUNI (CVH), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 23, 2010 · 06:50 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Airport
Hollister Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
VHEXA
Reported as
Pa-30 Comanche
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from runway 31. Pilot stated he cleared the departure end of the runway and the aircraft was not responding to throttle or control inputs. The aircraft was unable to climb and impacted the ground. The aircraft had been prepared for a ferry flight to Hawaii with the installation of a ferry fuel tank system and additional hf com system.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 31. PILOT STATED HE CLEARED THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO THROTTLE OR CONTROL INPUTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR A FERRY FLIGHT TO HAWAII WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A FERRY FUEL TANK SYSTEM AND ADDITIONAL HF COM SYSTEM.