- Date
- June 14, 1986, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Cucamonga, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4593RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860614024289A
- Case key
- 25180
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a pleasure x-country flight in the student plt's own acft, he elected to fly over a ridge of hills rather than via a longer route which circumnavigated the hills. While climbing enroute the plt entered a box canyon, experienced a downdraft and collided with terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4593R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21340
- Airframe hours
- 3,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Floyd J. Metson
- Registered owner
- Floyd J. Metson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1985 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- L26 · Hesperia, 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.