- Date
- July 13, 1986, 01:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6339LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860713032129A
- Case key
- 24927
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After working for over 13.5 hours the pilot attempted to fly 160 miles to his home. The 1.3 hour flt was initiated between 0100 and 0200. It was a dark night and according to persons in the accident area a 200-400 ft broken/overcast cloud layer was present. There is no published instrument apch for the plts destination arpt. Sufficient fuel was on board for a diversion to an alternate arpt, but the plt continued into Santa Paula. The acft collided with 28 deg upsloping terrain at an alt of 800 ft MSL, aprx 2 miles from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6339L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1A-0339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William Davies
- Registered owner
- William Davies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1986 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- L39 · Ramona, CA
- Destination
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Military, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NTD, 14 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.