- Date
- July 13, 1985, 18:15 local (Jul 14, 1985, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gilroy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3957DLarry Robbins Bakeng Duce
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850713030979A
- Case key
- 24858
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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 acft crashed after circling a ground fire at about 500 ft AGL. The plt said that she was watching the grnd fire when suddenly the acft dropped to the left. She added power and applied opposite rudder but the acft did not recover. She does not remember details of the accident. The acft came to rest in an apricot orchard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3957D
- Reported as
- Larry Robbins Bakeng Duce (BAKENG DUC)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 554
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Lycoming O320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry A. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 17, 1984 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- 307 · Hollister, CA
- Destination
- SJC · San Jose, 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,820 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.