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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Regle Wesley R RV6A · Santa Paula, CA · March 31, 2018

Date
March 31, 2018 · 14:11 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Airport
Santa Paula
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N820TL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR18FA116
Reported as
Regle Wesley R RV6A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
362 total36 in this make and model36 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.

The pilot was turning base to final when he stalled the aircraft and lost control. The aircraft entered a spin at low altitude and did not recover. The aircraft impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TURNING BASE TO FINAL WHEN HE STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND LOST CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN AT LOW ALTITUDE AND DID NOT RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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