- Date
- June 11, 1982, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Catalina Island, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8601MWing D-1
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820611022639A
- Case key
- 70162
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flt departed torrance at 1259 PDT & VFR conditions existed at the time. When the flt did not return a search was initiated. The search was terminated after 4 days. Friends & relatives speculated this may have been a dual instruction flt in preparation for a multi-eng rating. A radar track analysis program depicted the path of the flt departing torrance, performing maneuvers & disappearing from radar about 6 mi east of Catalina Island. Acft damage & injuries are presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8601M
- Reported as
- Wing D-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 007
- Airframe hours
- 132
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1C, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alfred E. Austerman
- Registered owner
- Alfred E. Austerman
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- TOA · Torrance, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 215 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.