- Date
- September 25, 1982, 17:30 local (Sep 26, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arcata, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N353GLGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820925052529A
- Case key
- 69802
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt & pax were on a cross-country from somewhere in the klamath, CA area to hayward, CA. Witnesses observed it flying southbound at 50 to 100 ft over the ocean's shore line. Reportedly, the acft made a sharp left turn toward land, then crashed on a northerly heading into trees & brush. The trees & brush were located on a bluff aprx 20 ft above the beach. Drg an exam of the wreckage, no fuel was found in the upper wing tank and only about 1 qt was found in the header tank. The acft fuel capacity was 27.4 gal with .7 gal in the header tank considered as unusable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N353GL
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 720
- Airframe hours
- 637
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Vincent
- Registered owner
- Robert Vincent
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 323 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACV, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.