- Date
- March 23, 1987, 16:21 local (Mar 24, 1987, 00:21 UTC)
- Place
- Antioch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N37838Culver Cadet LFA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870323007279A
- Case key
- 25334
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Analysis
During a local pleasure flt, witnesses observed the acft take-off into a headwind. At aprx 1000 ft AGL, the nose of the acft came up then down. The acft entered a spin and collided with the terrain. They also stated that the propeller appeared to be slowing down. The acft was consumed by fire after impact. Due to the damage sustained from the impact and fire, it was not determined if the engine experienced a mechanical failure or malfunction prior to the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37838
- Reported as
- Culver Cadet LFA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 342
- Engine
- Franklin 4AC-176, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reuben A Barry
- Registered owner
- Reuben A Barry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 012 · Antioch, CA
- Airport
- 012 · Antioch, runway 27, 2,480 × 33 ft, dirt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- 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.