20150109001369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gibbs Richard L LANCAIR 320 · Van Nuys, CA · January 9, 2015

Date
January 9, 2015 · 13:12 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7ZL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR15FA081
Reported as
Gibbs Richard L Lancair 320
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor

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.

The single engine aircraft lost power on climbout and then descended in a right hand turn until impact with the ground off airport.

As the FAA filed it

THE SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT AND THEN DESCENDED IN A RIGHT HAND TURN UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND OFF AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.