- Date
- March 14, 1988, 18:00 local (Mar 15, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Antioch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N87JPPaxton RV-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880314005329A
- Case key
- 25759
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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
While performing aerobatic maneuvers, the aircraft was seen to have entered a spin. At approximately 300 feet the aircraft recovered, however, the left wing was seen to be bent upward and the fiberglass tip was dangling from the wing. The aircraft impacted the terrain in a near level attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87JP
- Reported as
- Paxton RV-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 499
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paxton, John
- Registered owner
- John Paxton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 446 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.