- Date
- April 13, 1984, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Scaggs Island, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3387Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840413059519A
- Case key
- 24233
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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
During a local flt, the acft crashed on the side of a levee while maneuvering. Both plts were seriously injured & neither of them could recall details of the flt. An exam of the crash site revealed the plane was traveling nearly parallel with the levee when it crashed. Grass (18 inches tall) on the levee had been neatly sliced prior to the principal impact. The width of the swath measured the aprx wing span of the lower wings. After impact, the main wreckage traveled about 100 ft before coming to rest. No preimpact/mechanical part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3387
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-3387
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George A. Moll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984
- Departed
- 003 · Sonoma, CA
- Destination
- 003 · Sonoma, 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.