- Date
- May 25, 1987, 16:29 local (23:29 UTC)
- Place
- Los Gatos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N114CHRockwell 114
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870525015469A
- Case key
- 25402
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg a preflt wx briefing, the plt was adzd the forecast for oakland (19 mi nnw of his destn) was for a 3000' broken ceiling with occasional 3000' scattered, 5000' broken & a chance of light rain showers. He filed a VFR flt plan & depd. At 1347 PDT, the plt opened his flt plan & proceeded without further communication until he was about 45 mi se of his destn. At 1615 PDT, he contacted bay TRACON & asked for & rcvd traffic adzys. About 12 to 14 min later, radio & radar contact were lost. The acft crashed about 22 mi from the destn when it impacted just below the top of a mtn peak at an elev of aprx 3350'. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. Psnl in the vcnty of the acdnt site said there was fog with a visibility of 50' to 100'. The cloud bases in that area were estimated to be about 800' below the acdnt site. Svrl people, who knew the non-instrument rated plt, said he often flew in clouds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N114CH
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14164
- Airframe hours
- 1,496
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Wynkoop
- Registered owner
- Edn Caravan Tours, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1986 · 165 hours before
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.