- Date
- March 22, 1986, 20:00 local (Mar 23, 1986, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chinese Camp, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N84GDGlen Davis Glasair
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860322007319A
- Case key
- 24862
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A glasair homebuilt aircraft collided with a barn shortly after takeoff on a night time business trip. The aircraft departed from the extreme left side of the runway which had a high growth of vegetation. The aircraft was observed to be about 40 to 50 ft above the ground when it rolled to the left, went behind a tree and collided with the barn. The ensuing ground fire destroyed the evidence which was composed primarily of composite materials.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84GD
- Reported as
- Glen Davis Glasair
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 530
- Airframe hours
- 175
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Soren E Jensen
- Registered owner
- Glen Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Airport
- Jensen Private Airstrip, runway 24, 3,000 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 30 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.