- Date
- January 4, 1983, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6940Javelin Wichawk
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830104000769A
- Case key
- 23415
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft impacted the ground 15 degrees nose down 70 degree left bank while performing low level aerobatics. Witnesses had observed the acft performing low altitude aerobatic maneuvers in the area of the accident. The acft was last seen descending at a near vertical angle from an altitude of about 600 to 700 feet AGL and crash into soft, level cultivated ground. There was a post crash fire and both occupants were fatally injured. Both occupants were wearing parachutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6940
- Reported as
- Javelin Wichawk
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kaufman Donald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 30, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 294 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 7 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.