- Date
- April 27, 1985, 22:00 local (Apr 28, 1985, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9008XGreer Sidewinder "S"
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427073979A
- Case key
- 24499
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Analysis
The acft crashed short of rwy 25 at Tracy, CA, while on a night apch for landing. A ground witness observed the acfts lights descending straight down into a gravel pit. The acft impacted the ground in a 20 deg nose down, 15 deg left roll attitude. The rwy lights are activated by the radio transmitter being keyed on frequency 122.8 mhz. The lights will stay illuminated for 15 minutes after activation. This frequency was not displayed on the acfts radio panel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9008X
- Reported as
- Greer Sidewinder "S" (SIDEWINDER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 212409
- Airframe hours
- 188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert I Greer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1984
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- 036 · Tracy, CA
- Airport
- O36 · Tracy Muni, runway 25, 3,418 × 25 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 297 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK
FAA reports on this event · 1
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