- Date
- June 2, 1987, 22:12 local (Jun 3, 1987, 05:12 UTC)
- Place
- Oxnard, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7320ACessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870602017689A
- Case key
- 25600
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed Oxnard arpt on a VFR flt to whitemant arpt, los angeles, CA. Grnd witness obsvd the airplane enter clouds and fog after crossing the western edge of the arpt boundary. The airplane was then obsvd in a descending left turn south of the arpt. Where it collided with wires and crashed. The plt reptd that the airplane sustained a power loss and that he was executing a forced lndg; the witnesses reptd that the engine sound was steady throughout the crash sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7320A
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500713
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Checkinski, W. J.
- Registered owner
- Checinski, Wieslaw J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1986
- Destination
- WHP · Los Angeles, CA
- Airport
- OXR · Oxnard, runway 25, 5,950 × 100 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 319 total · 319 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7320A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.