- Date
- January 21, 1984, 09:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N42CWWells/Rand KR-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840121000969A
- Case key
- 23932
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While flying in an easterly direction, the acft collided with a 1/2 inch power line/ground cable, aprx 300 ft above the terrain. The impact occurred at mid-span. After colliding with the cable, the acft crashed & came to rest in an orchard. The sun was at an angle of about 41 deg above the horizon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42CW
- Reported as
- Wells/Rand KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 358
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wesley Evans
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 16 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.