- Date
- June 4, 1987, 08:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Corona Airport, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32GGaston/Lakes Baby Lakes
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870604051819A
- Case key
- 25299
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Flare - not performedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft engine power reduced during the initial climb phase of the takeoff. The pilot attempted to return to the runway of departure. The aircraft landed hard on the airport and nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32G
- Reported as
- Gaston/Lakes Baby Lakes
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6920A145B
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Macveigh, Craig A.
- Registered owner
- Craig A Macveigh
- Airport
- L66 · Corona Municipal, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
N32GRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2021 · Gaston BABY LAKESAirframe modelGaston BABY LAKESEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.