- Date
- June 21, 1982, 14:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Orland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49086Ryan PT-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820621023579A
- Case key
- 72105
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
At about 50 ft in the air the acft turned left & straight down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49086
- Reported as
- Ryan PT-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1541
- Airframe hours
- 2,155
- Engine
- Kinner R-56, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leroy Richards
- Registered owner
- Leroy Richards
- Departed
- Orland, CA
- Destination
- Orland, CA
- Airport
- Haigh Field, runway 15, 5,160 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 196 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N49086 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.