# NTSB LAX84FA227: Aero Commander A-98, N7643V, Woodbridge, CA, March 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1984, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Woodbridge, CA
- Coordinates: 38.169658, -121.309074 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1697&lon=-121.3091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23945
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23945/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA227

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - aerial application
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THE ACFT STALLED AS HE WAS PERFORMING A LEFT CLIMBING TURN DURING AERIAL APPLICATION. THE ACFT SPUN DOWN HITTING SOME OAK TREE LIMBS ON ITS WAY TO THE GROUND. THE PLT HAD APPLIED ALL BUT 200 LBS OF HIS 1450 POUNDS OF AMMONIUMSULFATE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7643V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7643V-1984-05-25), registration cancelled 1984-05-25, S/N 1371 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER A-98
- Registry model: [Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9) (registry code 0144202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1371
- Airframe hours: 4260
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-G1C5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Killion Ar Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 16, 1984, 4 hours before
- Departed: 103, LODI, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 3,723 total, 30 in this make and model, 3,634 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840323008949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840323008949A), Mar 23, 1984: Airpts A9B, Woodbridge, CA, Destroyed. Stalled and spun into trees during pullup and turn around from a swath run

## Other investigations on N7643V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK70I0093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70I0093), Aug 23, 1969: Aero Comdr A-9 (N7643V), Dos Palos, CA, incident, minor damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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