- Date
- April 15, 1984, 17:00 local (Apr 16, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ontario, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4431DCessna L-19E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415014159A
- Case key
- 23949
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that during descent he used 'left wing down, nose yawed right, slipping.' The fuel selector was positioned to the left fuel tank. A thousand flt slip the acft engine lost power. During the emergency corrective actionthe plt did not use the boost pump. The boost pump is necessary for restart when fuel pressure is interuppted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4431D
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24555
- Airframe hours
- 7,261
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul M. Vought, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1983 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 241 total · 74 in this make and model · 176 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 6 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.