# Accident 20190615007049A: Nanchang China CJ-6A, Porter Ranch, CA, June 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2019, 09:35 local time
- Place: Porter Ranch, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3161° N, 118.5733° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3161&lon=-118.5733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269AG-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6A
- Reported engine: HUOSAI HUOSAI-6 JIA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190615007049A

## Narrative

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

6/15/19 - IIC NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT AT 1630. IIC ON-SCENE WITH NTSB AT 1700.  IIC PHOTOGRAPHS THE AIRCRAFT.

6/17/19 - IIC CONTACTS SOUTH BAY AVIATION, INC., TORRANCE AIRPORT (KTOA), TORRANCE, CA, REFUELING OPERATIONS AND ACQUIRED FUELING DATA FOR AIRCRAFT. CONTACTS FAA ATC FOR RADAR/VOICE DATA.

6/18/19 - IIC RECEIVES AND REVIEWS RADAR DATA AND ACQUIRES/REVIEWS WEATHER DATA. IIC MEETS NTSB AT SITE TO REMOVE AND INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT.

STATEMENT OF CASE

ON 06/15/2019, AT 0844 PDT, THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, N269AG, AN AMATEUR-BUILT, EXPERIMENTAL CJ-9A, DEPARTED ZAMPERINI FIELD AIRPORT, KTOA, TORRANCE CA, EN-ROUTE TO COLUMBIA AIRPORT, COLUMBIA, CA, UNDER VFR. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 2 MILES NORTH OF PORTER RANCH, CA, (34.3160625, -118.5733269) AT 0903 PDT.

METAR DATA FROM VAN NUYS AIRPORT, BURBANK AIRPORT, AND WHITMAN AIRPORT SHOWS A CEILING AT 1,000 TO 1,300 FEET.  ACCIDENT PILOT OPERATED N269AG AT 2,000-2,100 FEET UNTIL 70 SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT, AT WHICH TIME HE CLIMBED 1,000 FEET, TURNED 18 DEGREES EAST, AND DECELERATED FROM 143KTS TO 107 KTS.  AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, N269AG WAS TRAVELING 116KTS AND IMPACTED AT 3,100 FEET.   CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO 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 WPR19FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA172), Jun 15, 2019: Nanchang CJ6 (N269AG), Porter Ranch, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued flight into marginal visual meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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