# Accident 20251028016869A: Piper PA-28R-200, La Verne, CA, October 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2025, 22:22 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5107S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5107S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251028016869A

## Narrative

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

ON 10-28-2025, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSBA ON RETURN HEADING TO KCCB. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER REACHING ALTITUDE OF 5,500 FEET EAST OF KBUR HE NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS READING JUST BELOW THE GREEN ARC MARKING ON THE GAUGE FACE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PASSING NORTH OF KEMT THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO WITH THE OIL TEMPERATURE READING NORMAL. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INITIATED THE DESCENT TO KCCB, PASSING THROUGH 3,000 FEET WITH KPOC WITHIN SIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE, AS HE INITIATED DESCENT RIGHT TURN TO KPOC THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMMUNICATED AN EMERGENCY WITH SOCAL APPROACH, CUT THE FUEL MIXTURE AND TURNED OFF THE FUEL PUMP. HE CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING FOR RUNWAY 26L, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEARS, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED APPROXIMATELY 15-20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP SENDING BOTH MAIN GEARS THROUGH THE WINGS AND THE NOSE GEAR  INTO THE ENGINE DEPARTMENT CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE  TO THE ENGINE WHILE SLIDING INTO THE INFIELD NORTH OF RUNWAY 26L, BETWEEN THE ALPHA AND BRAVO TAXIWAY EXITS CAME TO A FULL STOP ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 26L. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW WHICH WAS TREATED ON SCENE BY THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED BY THE NTSB FOR REMOVAL TO A SAFE SPOT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## 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 WPR26LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA034), Oct 29, 2025: Piper PA-28R-200 (N5107S), La Verne, CA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N5107S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950218003899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950218003899I), Feb 18, 1995: Piper PA28R200 (N5107S), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: charles b. yeargan, pilot of PA-28R-200, N5107S, departed waycross, ga (ayc) on 2-18-95, and made an intermediate stop at Charlotte-Douglas…
- [Accident 19750207019109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750207019109A), Feb 7, 1975: Piper PA28R200 (N5107S), Myrtle Beach, SC, Substantial damage. Eng malfunct due cracked magneto housings. Small fld,plt ctld crash lndd.

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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