# Accident 20220902015659A: Yakovlev YAK-11, Shafter, CA, September 2, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2022, 10:50 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5192° N, 119.2164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5192&lon=-119.2164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5943-2023-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK-11 (registry code 9830101, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK-11
- Reported engine: P & W R-2800 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220902015659A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2022, AT 10:50 PDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A YAK-11 SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 30 AT THE SHAFTER-MINTER FIELD AIRPORT (KMIT). THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 WPR22FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA331), Sep 2, 2022: Yakovlev YAK-11 (N5943), Shafter, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the loss of engine oil…

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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