- Date
- August 31, 1986, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10SVGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860831043219A
- Case key
- 25248
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The biplane crashed in mountainous terrain after a loss of power. The acft had been doing aerobatic maneuvers prior to the engine failure. The plt indicated that the engine quit at 7,500 ft MSL while in a descent. She relinquished the flt controls to the front seat certificated commercial plt-passenger while she attempted to restart the engine. The engine restarted but did not regain enough power to prevent the acft from colliding with the terrain. The front seat pilot who was current in the acft continued to fly until impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10SV
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0807
- Airframe hours
- 915
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Channel Island Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert Conger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 19, 1986 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 276 total · 65 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 17 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.