- Date
- June 21, 1987, 01:33 local (08:33 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N662DMRockwell 690
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870621021159A
- Case key
- 25408
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt conditions for the air ambulance trip consisted of a clear, moonless, dark night and the dest arpt was in a mtn valley with the only ground reference lights the town adjacent to the arpt. Witnesses saw the acft overfly the town and arpt at pattern alt then head out over the lake north of the arpt. About 1 mile from the rwy, the acft was seen to suddenly pitch up, roll inverted and dive straight down into the lake. The acft was heading away from the only gnd ref lights and was over a reflective body of water near the base turn point when the accident occurred. Witnesses heard increased eng/prop noise before impact. Wreckage revealed evidence of pwr at impact. The shifts for the plts in the operation consisted of 4 days on, 2 days off, with alternating day and night shifts. The plt was on the 4th night of the current shift cycle and was also giving flt instruction during the days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N662DM
- Reported as
- Rockwell 690
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11015
- Airframe hours
- 5,234
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-5-251K, 717 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ipm Technology
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 2, 1987 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- 057
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 057 · Bryant Field, runway 16, 4,400 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,521 total · 34 in this make and model · 8,924 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 51 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.