- Date
- February 25, 1988, 10:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23536Beech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880225003889A
- Case key
- 25731
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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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.
Analysis
During a test flight for certification of wing tip tanks, while performing spins, the aircraft entered a flat spin. The pilot was unable to regain control and exited the aircraft and parachuted to safety. The aircraft collided with the terrain shortly thereafter. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23536
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1179
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Lancer Engineering
- Registered owner
- Russel C. Jay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- L39 · Ramona, CA
- Airport
- L39
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
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,724 total · 54 in this make and model · 4,630 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.