- Date
- September 14, 1987, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N902RGPiper Aerostar 601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870914053179A
- Case key
- 25427
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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Analysis
The airplane was refueled before it dept on the accd flight; the pilot did not supervise the fueling. Shortly after takeoff, the plt advised the ontario dept controller that both engines were experiencing a power loss and that he suspected jet fuel contamination. The airplane collided with a berm during the ensuing forced landing. The investigation revealed that the FBO fueled the airplane with 131.3 gals of jet a fuel. Investigators did not locate any witnesses who saw the plt preflt the airplane. The pilot sustained severe head injuries & could not recall if he had preflighted the airplane - the rt front seat pax was not present when the plt boarded the aircraft.
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
- N902RG
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 601P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,295
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Cal Aero Aircraft Sales, Inc
- Registered owner
- Reddington Investments Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1987 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- CNO
- Destination
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Airport
- L66
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,634 total · 120 in this make and model · 4,634 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.