- Date
- January 27, 1986, 15:01 local (23:01 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5128TStriplin Ranger
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860127001659A
- Case key
- 24958
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in a flat stalled attitude at a high sink rate after a power loss in an attempted go-around. The pilot had been instructed to stand-by for a go-around because of traffic. The plt continued his approach off-set to the north of the rwy, at 50 ft AGL during his go-around attempt the eng failed to respond. The acft crashed in the dirt beside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5128T
- Reported as
- Striplin Ranger
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SR83014SC
- Engine
- Rotax 503 2 CYCLE, 45 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Scofield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 18, 1985
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Airport
- WJF · Gen. Wm S. Fox
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 8° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.