- Date
- January 7, 1986, 23:00 local (Jan 8, 1986, 07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8283TPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24892
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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 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff about a mile from the departure airport. IFR conditions prevailed at the accident site; however, the non-instrument rated pilot had told his wife that the weather was clear when he telephoned her from the airport prior to his departure. Witnesses in the area at the time of the crash indicated visibility was about 15-20 feet due to dense fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8283T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116064
- Airframe hours
- 1,823
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Flight Of Oxnard
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey G. Rusk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1985 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- LVK
- Destination
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 41 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark