# Accident 20200419004539A: Oakdale, CA, April 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2020, 17:45 local time
- Place: Oakdale, CA
- Airport: Oakdale Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7563° N, 120.8002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKDALE (O27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7563&lon=-120.8002&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200419004539A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1745, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OAKDALE AIRPORT (O27).  PILOT STATED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF AT ROUGHLY 150 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND THEN LOSS LIFT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE AND LANDED IN FIELD ADJACENT TO AIRPORT.  OFF FIELD LANDING RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT IMPACTING TREES AND GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  NO MECHANICAL ISSUES REPORTED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.  PILOT BELIEVES HE FLEW INTO ROTOR WASH FROM HELICOPTER WHICH CAUSED THE LOSS OF LIFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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